WorkingHPRs

WorkingHPRs Senior: White Fish with Rice review

Name: WorkingHPRs Senior: White Fish with Rice
Brand: WorkingHPRs

45.2/100Average

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

Three different answers to what an older dog should eat, with the trout and turkey recipes in our Good band and the white fish in Average. Each keeps the fat down and prints its joint doses on the bag. They part ways on what fills the rest: fish and sweet potato, one bird, or rice and barley.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs with a weight to watch, with fat at 8.0% on two and 9.0% on the third
Stiffening joints, given printed doses of glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin on every bag
One named bird and nothing else, in the turkey
Dogs kept off cereal: two of the three build on sweet potato and potato
Slowing digestion, with FOS and MOS on both grain free labels
Lifelong cereal eaters, who will find rice, barley and oats in the white fish

Worth watching

Two of three fish led, so a fish-free dog wants the turkey
No species for the dried fish in the white fish recipe
Carbohydrate at 57.1% of dry matter in the white fish, against 46.2% typical
Pea and potato protein topping up Grain Free Senior

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

45.2/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Pick on the protein your dog already does well on, then let the waistline set the portion.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Turkey 67.7
Grain Free Senior 62.9
White Fish 45.2

Three recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The two meat-led recipes finish together and the white fish one rung lower, because it asks less of the meat; that does not make it a bad bowl for a dog raised on cereal.

What's in it

Brown rice22%Leads the list.
Dried fish20%No species given.
Barley, oats
White rice10%
Chicken fatPoultry in a fish recipe.
Beet pulp, pea fibre4% beet pulp
Brewer's yeast, mineralsB vitamins from the yeast.
Yucca schidigera extract190 mg/kgFor stool odour, which matters when an older dog shares the house.
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate180, 180, 125 mg/kgThe largest joint doses in the range.

L-Carnitine at 480 mg, with vitamins A, D3 and E and sulphate trace minerals.

The fish is listed only as dried fish, so a plan avoiding one particular fish has nothing to anchor to.

Named ingredients

Brown Rice (22%), Dried Fish (20%), Barley, Oats, White Rice (10%), Chicken Fat, Beet Pulp (4%), Pea Fibre, Brewer's Yeast, Minerals, Yucca Schidigera Extract (190 mg/kg), Glucosamine (180 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (180 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg).

Against the range

Lead ingredient: Brown rice 22%; Meat or fish at 50% on the others
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 57.1%; 47.9% and 50.1% on the others
Protein, dry matter: 22.8%; 28.3% and 29.3%
Joint doses: 180 mg/kg; 170 mg/kg on the others

The gentlest of the three, best for an older dog that has eaten cereal happily all its life.

Three senior recipes built three different ways. Grain Free Senior leads on trout and salmon at 50%, the turkey keeps to one named bird at 50%, and White Fish with Rice opens on brown rice with unnamed dried fish behind it.

All three print glucosamine and methylsulfonylmethane at 170 or 180 mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 125 mg/kg. Fat stays between 8.0% and 9.0%, and energy runs from 320 to 343 kcal per 100g, all below the 357 typical for adult dry food.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

341 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

57.1%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

20%

Carbs

71.7%

Oils

3.9%

Other

4.4%

Pricing & size