Barking Heads Golden Years Dry Dog Food Chicken

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Barking Heads Golden Years Dry Dog Food Chicken

DryCompleteSeniorContains grainFree-rangeFish oil
37/ 100
WeakTop 28% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

  • One main animal protein: chicken
  • No ingredient deductions
  • About 49% carbs (dry weight)

First ingredients: Chicken 50% (23% Freshly Prepared Free Run Chicken, 23% Dried Chicken, 4% Chicken Gravy), Rice (26%), Barley, Potato, Peas (8%)… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
46%
Protein, dry weight
28%
Carbs, dry weight
~49%
kcal/100 g
352

Ingredients

Listed first: Chicken. 46% of the recipe is declared meat.

Chicken 50% (23% Freshly Prepared Free Run Chicken, 23% Dried Chicken, 4% Chicken Gravy), Rice (26%), Barley, Potato, Peas (8%), Oats (6%), Lucerne, Minerals, Salmon Oil (1%), Yeast Products (1000mg/kg), Chicory Root Extract (FOS 1000mg/kg), Seaweed, Glucosamine (500mg/kg), Dried Carrot (500mg/kg), Mixed Herbs (Peppermint, Rosemary, Oregano and Thyme 500mg/kg), Beta Glucans (300mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (150mg/kg)

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

Nutritional Additives: Vitamin A 17,000 IU, Vitamin D3 1,000 IU, Taurine 1000mg, Vitamin E 150 mg, L-Carnitine 50mg; Trace Elements: Iron (Iron (II) Sulphate Monohydrate) 60mg, Zinc (Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate) 50mg, Manganese (Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate) 50mg, Zinc (Zinc Chelate of Glycine Hydrate) 15mg, Copper (Copper (II) Sulphate Pentahydrate) 5mg, Iodine (Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 1.5mg, Selenium (Sodium Selenite) 0.05mg Aromatic Herbs L-Carnitine, Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Beta Glucans

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Chicken 50%”. It names the animal.

On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Chicken 50% (23% Freshly Prepared Free Run Chicken, 23% Dri…Named meat50%
Rice (26%)Grain26%
BarleyGrainNot given
PotatoVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Peas (8%)Vegetable, fruit or plant8%
Oats (6%)Grain6%
LucerneOtherNot given
MineralsOtherNot given
Salmon Oil (1%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient1%
Yeast Products (1000mg/kg)OtherNot given
Chicory Root Extract (FOS 1000mg/kg)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
SeaweedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Glucosamine (500mg/kg)OtherNot given
Dried Carrot (500mg/kg)Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Mixed Herbs (Peppermint, Rosemary, Oregano and Thyme 500mg/…Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Beta Glucans (300mg/kg)OtherNot given
Chondroitin Sulphate (150mg/kg)OtherNot given

4% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 28% and carbs about 49%, with the water taken out.

As soldDry weight
Protein25%28%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat10%11%
Carbohydrate~44%~49%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.5%3.9%
Ash7%7.8%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy352 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 37

The kind of meat scored best (10.2 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.5 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    17.4 / 45
    • Meat on the label16.1 / 35

      46% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1.3 / 10

      Protein is 27.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    3.5 / 20

    About 49.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20

    Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    10.2 / 15
    • How the meat is listed10.2 / 12

      The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 85% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.

    • Organ meat0 / 3

      No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Top 28% of dry foods. 37 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

How we rate foods →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 49% to 30% by dry weight, and protein is about 36%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

Best wet foods →

Ingredient notes

Nothing flagged in 28 ingredients.

28 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, barley, beta-glucans, carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, glucosamine, herbs, l-carnitine, minerals, oats, peas, potato, rice, salmon oil, seaweed, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

Lowest £4.56/kg at Zooplus UK, 39% below the dearest. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

ShopPackPricePer kg
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg · £109.49Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg£109.49£4.56/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Pets at Home12kg · £55.59 up 11% since 10 Aug12kg£55.59£4.63/kgVisit
Zooplus UK12kg · £55.6912kg£55.69£4.64/kgVisit
Pets at Home2kg · £14.89 up 11% since 10 Aug2kg£14.89£7.45/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%; 1 other shop unchanged.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home12kg£55.59£4.63/kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home2kg£14.89£7.45/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK12kg£55.69£4.64/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£109.49£4.56/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home12kg£50.03£4.17/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home2kg£10.00£5.00/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK12kg£55.69£4.64/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£109.49£4.56/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home12kg£50.03£4.17/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home2kg£13.40£6.70/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK12kg£55.69£4.64/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£109.49£4.56/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 7 to 23 points higher and cost up to 24% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
78% this food 46%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 49%
To feed
4% less per 1,000 kcal

+23 pointsCompare

Meat
72% this food 46%
Carbs
about 41% this food about 49%
To feed
3% less per 1,000 kcal

+15 pointsCompare

Meat
55% this food 46%
Carbs
about 34% this food about 49%
To feed
6% less per 1,000 kcal

+9 pointsCompare

Meat
40% this food 46%
To feed
24% more per 1,000 kcal

+7 pointsCompare

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Matches the maker’s own page.

Checked against the maker. The ingredient list matches the one on the manufacturer’s own product page.

Pages we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home, Zooplus UK.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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