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Mixing bowl composition
This is the ingredients list as printed on the packaging or manufacturer's website.
Think of the 'mixing bowl' composition like a recipe - all the ingredients you would need to put in a 'mixing bowl' in order to make the food.
Ingredients have to be listed in descending order of their weight so the higher it appears, the more there is.
Highlighted ingredients
Ingredients that we believe to be controversial or inferior are highlighted in yellow with particularly low grade, highly contentious or excessively vague ingredients in red.
As fed composition
While the 'mixing bowl' composition is useful for knowing what went into the food, it doesn't always reflect what your dog is actually eating. This is because the processes that turn the ingredients into the finished pet food can significantly alter the relative weights of the ingredients.
For this reason we've calculated the approximate 'as fed' percentages for the main ingredient categories in the finished product.
Please note that these figures are very approximate. They are estimates based on the information provided by the manufacturer in the ingredients list so the clearer the terminology and the more percentages they provide, the more accurate our estimates will be. Wherever information is lacking, we always assume the worst.
Ingredient categories
◉ Meat ingredients: includes all meat and fish ingredients except isolated fats/oils.
◉Added oils and fats: includes all isolated oil and fat ingredients.
◉ Carb-rich ingredients: includes all ingredients derived from grains, pseudo-grains, potatoes and other starchy root vegetables, sweet potato and legumes (except whole peas which are categorised under fruit and veg) except for isolated protein and extracted oils. Also includes fibre supplements.
◉ Fruit and veg: includes all whole vegetables and fruits.
◉ Other: all other ingredients. Mostly made up by nutritional supplements and additives.
For more information on any ingredient, please take a look at our Dog Food Ingredient Glossary
The dry matter level of a nutrient is the percentage there would be in the food if all of the water was removed.
With water taken out of the equation, these figures allow the nutrient levels of foods of different types (like wet and dry) to be compared on an even playing field.
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73 out of 100 - Good
Our unique product ratings are calculated based on a number of characteristics including the quality and quantity of the stated ingredients, certain nutritional and technological additives and the processing methods used to create the food. They are designed to indicate how beneficial we think a food is likely to be for the majority of dogs when fed on a daily basis for an extended period. Click here for more information
Country of origin: United Kingdom
A technological additive is any substance added to a pet food "for a technological purpose and which favourably affects the characteristics of feed".
The most common categories of technological additives include preservatives and antioxidants, gelling agents and thickeners and probiotics.
While the primary effects of technoloical additives are certainly 'favourable' (increased shelf life in the case of preservatives & antioxidants, better food texture and consistency in the case of gelling agents and thickeners etc.) some have been linked to health problems in pets and should be treated with caution.
Unfortunately, many technological additives do not have to be declared by the manufacturer so just because they do not appear on the label does not necessarily mean they are not in the food. If in doubt, ask the manufacturer directly exactly what technological additives their foods contain.
Derek Richford• one year ago
I am a tad confused. This tinned food gets a very good 84% from AADF which makes me want to purchase it and give it a try. However, the comments below would seem to be less than favourable? Any ideas please?
Jimmy Whalen• one year ago
impossible to contact the company unless you send an email, i raised a concern about the double time stamp on the cans and being able to push the tops of the cans down and them springing back up and it doesn't even get a reply from a human. i tried to phone and can't get through. i wonder if i am the only x customer who had to shampoo carpets after their pets had gastrointestinal proplems. a terrible way to run a customer no care department.
Ashley Davis• 4 years ago
Hi, is this considered a good all round wet food for an adult dog? I have a small 5kg 8yr old dog. I'm looking for a wet food that I combine with a small amount of dry.They have it in my local wilko and seemed the best on offer there
chris hulse• 6 years ago
Clever packaging and marketing.. unfortunately this is a substandard food with very little meat and added dried vegetables ...fresh ingredients they are not rather reconstituted
..on closer inspection you can see very little meat and what meat there is I doubt the source is of a high calibre compared to other brands that do have a much higher meat content..I would avoid if you are purchasing this on the presumption your after a Food with a high meat content..this isn't it ..
Kaye• 6 years ago
How come this food is only rated at 3.8 and doesn't have the high meat content icon highlighted yet other foods with same ingredients and same % of meat are stated as having a high meat content and are rated over 4/5? Confused? Surely 60% is a high meat content. Plus all the other ingredients are good quality good ingredients.
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Kaye• 6 years ago
Good question Kaye. In order to receive the high meat logo, a food must contain at least 30% meat on a dry matter basis. For most wet foods, 60% meat would be more than enough but in this food almost all of the other ingredients are added dry which will significantly reduce the dry matter percentage of meat.Think of it this way - the food is wet and has a 75% moisture level. To get the individual ingredients to that moisture content, all of the dry ingredients need to be reconstituted with a lot of water (around three times their own weight!) while the chicken already contains plenty of water and so does not need reconstitution. For every 100g of the original mixture, the 40g of dry ingredients therefore actually ends up being around 160g after reconstitution while the amount of meat remains at 60g. This means the finished product actually only contains around 27% meat.Exploiting the ratio of fresh ingredients vs dry ingredients to make the ingredients list look more appealing to consumers is sadly nothing new so it's important for us all to be aware of such tactics.
Des• 6 years ago
Harrington's seem really good for the price?