Happy Dog Duck Grain-Free Dog Food (Piemonte)

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Happy Dog Duck Grain-Free Dog Food (Piemonte)

DryCompleteAdultGrain-free
25/ 100
WeakTied 750th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 28 Sep 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • About 47% carbs (dry weight)
  • Some meat not named by animal
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Duck protein* (26 %), Italian sweet chestnut flour (26 %), pea starch, oils and fats, fish meal from deep-sea fish (4 %)… All ingredients

Label taken from the maker’s website
Meat
30.1%
Protein, dry weight
26%
Carbs, dry weight
~47%
kcal/100 g
370

Ingredients

Listed first: Duck protein. 30.1% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 30.1%
  • Other 26.1%
  • No amount given 43.9%

Duck protein* (26 %), Italian sweet chestnut flour (26 %), pea starch, oils and fats, fish meal from deep-sea fish (4 %), beet pulp* (desugared), hydrolysed protein, apple pomace*, linseed, sodium chloride, yeasts*, seaweed*, mussel meat* (0.1 %), yeasts* (extract), milk thistle, artichoke, dandelion, ginger, birch leaves, stinging nettle, camomile, coriander (0.007%), rosemary, sage, liquorice root, thyme (total dried herbs: 0.14 %). *dried

Meat named animal protein

From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.

Additives

Vitamins / kg: Vitamin A (3a672a), vitamin D3 (3a671), vitamin E (all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate 3a700), vitamin B1 (thiamine mononitrate 3a821), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride 3a831), D (+) biotin (3a880), calcium D panthothenate (3a841), niacin (3a314), vitamin B12, choline chloride (3a890). Antioxidant, tocopherol-rich extracts from plant oils 1b306(i). Trace elements / kg: Iron (E1; iron (II) sulphate; monohydrate 3b103), copper (E4; copper (II) sulphate; pentahydrate 3b405), zinc (zinc oxide 3b603, zinc chelate of amino acids; hydrate 3b606,), manganese (E5; manganese (II) oxide 3b502), iodine (calcium iodate; anhydrous 3b202), selenium (E8; sodium selenite)

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Duck protein*”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Duck protein* (26%)Named meat26%
Italian sweet chestnut flour (26%)Other26%
pea starchVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
oils and fatsFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
fish meal from deep-sea fish (4%)Meat, animal not named4%
beet pulp* (desugared)Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
hydrolysed proteinOtherNot given
apple pomace*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
linseedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
sodium chlorideOtherNot given
yeasts*OtherNot given
seaweed*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
mussel meat* (0.1%)Named meat0.1%
yeasts* (extract)OtherNot given
milk thistleOtherNot given
artichokeOtherNot given
dandelionOtherNot given
gingerVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
birch leavesOtherNot given
stinging nettleVegetable, fruit or plantNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 26% and carbs about 47%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein23.5%26%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat14%16%
Carbohydrate~42%~47%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.5%2.8%
Ash7.5%8.3%
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.

Energy370 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 25

The kind of meat scored best (5.6 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    11.5 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label10.5 / 35 points

      30.1% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1 / 10 points

      Protein is 26.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    4.3 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 47.2% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    4 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and hydrolysed protein.

  4. What kind of meat?

    5.6 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed5.6 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as meal, unnamed meal and fresh, which earns 47% 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 points

      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

Tied 750th of 1,171 dry foods. 47 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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 47% to 29% by dry weight, and protein is about 40%.

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

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Ingredient notes

2 noted: hydrolysed proteins and chamomile. 33 flagged nothing.

  • 2 noted
  • 33 nothing flagged
  • 9 not in our ingredient database yet
33 ingredients with nothing flagged

Apples, beet pulp, choline chloride, dandelion root, fish, ginger, linseed (flaxseed), milk thistle, nettle, niacin (vitamin B3), oils and fats, processed animal protein, rosemary, sage, salt (sodium chloride), seaweed, starch, thyme, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamins, yeast

We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: 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
9 not in our ingredient database yet

Artichoke, birch leaves, calcium d panthothenate (3a841), coriander, D (+) biotin (3a880), dried, italian sweet chestnut flour, liquorice root, mussel meat

Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.

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

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Happy Dog UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

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

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Happy Dog UK10kg · £50.9910kg£50.99£5.10/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Happy Dog UK10kg x 2 · £117.4510kg x 2£117.45£5.87/kgVisit
Happy Dog UK10kg · £61.9910kg£61.99£6.20/kgVisit
Happy Dog UK1kg · £8.991kg£8.99£8.99/kgVisit

Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Happy Dog UK10kg£50.99£5.10/kg
4 Oct 2026Happy Dog UK10kg x 2£117.45£5.87/kg
4 Oct 2026Happy Dog UK1kg£8.99£8.99/kg
28 Sep 2026Happy Dog UK10kg£50.99£5.10/kg
28 Sep 2026Happy Dog UK10kg x 2£117.45£5.87/kg
28 Sep 2026Happy Dog UK1kg£8.99£8.99/kg

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Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 32 to 35 points higher and cost up to 24% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
78% this food 30.1%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 47%
To feed
10% less per 1,000 kcal

+35 pointsCompare

Meat
76% this food 30.1%
Carbs
about 26% this food about 47%
To feed
24% more per 1,000 kcal

+34 pointsCompare

Meat
74% this food 30.1%
Carbs
about 27% this food about 47%
To feed
8% less per 1,000 kcal

+32 pointsCompare

Meat
73% this food 30.1%
Carbs
about 24% this food about 47%
To feed
25% less per 1,000 kcal

+32 pointsCompare

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

Sources

Taken from the maker’s page, checked 28 Sep 2026.

From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 28 Sep 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Happy Dog UK (the maker).

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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