Happy Dog Large Breed Dry Dog Food (Adult Maxi)

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Happy Dog Large Breed Dry Dog Food (Adult Maxi)

DryCompleteAdultContains grain
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

  • No ingredient deductions
  • About 50% carbs (dry weight)
  • Includes hydrolysed protein

First ingredients: Animal proteins* (14 % poultry, 4 % lamb), maize, maize flour, rice, barley… All ingredients

Label taken from the maker’s website
Meat
22%
Protein, dry weight
26%
Carbs, dry weight
~50%
kcal/100 g
371

Ingredients

Listed first: Animal proteins. 22% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 22%
  • Other 0.3%
  • No amount given 77.7%

Animal proteins* (14 % poultry, 4 % lamb), maize, maize flour, rice, barley, oils and fats, fish meal (4 %, of which 50 % salmon meal), haemoglobin*, hydrolysed protein, beet pulp* (desugared), apple pomace*, potassium chloride, yeasts*, sodium chloride, seaweed*, linseed (0.16 %), dried whole egg (0.12 %), milk thistle, mussel meat* (0.02 %), yeasts* (extract), artichoke, dandelion, ginger (0.016 %), birch, stinging nettle, camomile, coriander, rosemary, sage, liquorice root, thyme (total dried herbs: 0.16 %). *dried

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

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

Additives

Vitamins / kg: vitamin A (3a672a) 12000 IU, vitamin D3 (3a671) 1000 IU, vitamin E (3a700) 75 mg, vitamin B1 (3a821) 4 mg, vitamin B2 (3a825ii) 6 mg, vitamin B6 (3a831) 4 mg, biotin (3a880) 575 mcg, calcium D-pantothenate (3a841) 10 mg, niacin (3a314) 40 mg, vitamin B12 70 mcg, choline chloride (3a890) 60 mg. Trace elements / kg: iron (as 3b103, 3b106) 105 mg, copper (as 3b405, 3b406) 10 mg, zinc (as 3b603, 3b606, 3b607) 105 mg, manganese (as 3b502, 3b504) 25 mg, iodine (as 3b202) 2 mg, selenium (as 3b801, 3b8.12) 0.15 mg. Antioxidants, tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils 1b306 (i).

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Animal proteins*”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.

On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Animal proteins* (14% poultry, 4% lamb)Named meat18%
maizeGrainNot given
maize flourGrainNot given
riceGrainNot given
barleyGrainNot given
oils and fatsFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
fish meal (4%, of which 50% salmon meal)Named meat4%
haemoglobin*OtherNot given
hydrolysed proteinOtherNot given
beet pulp* (desugared)Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
apple pomace*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
potassium chlorideOtherNot given
yeasts*OtherNot given
sodium chlorideOtherNot given
seaweed*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
linseed (0.16%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.2%
dried whole egg (0.12%)Other0.1%
milk thistleOtherNot given
mussel meat* (0.02%)Named meat0.02%
yeasts* (extract)OtherNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 26% and carbs about 50%, with the water taken out.

As soldDry weight
Protein23%26%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat13%14%
Carbohydrate~45%~50%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2%2.2%
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.

Energy371 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 25

The kind of meat scored best (9 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.3 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    8.6 / 45
    • Meat on the label7.7 / 35

      22% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.9 / 10

      Protein is 25.6% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    3.3 / 20

    About 50% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20

    Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for hydrolysed protein.

  4. What kind of meat?

    9 / 15
    • How the meat is listed9 / 12

      The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 75% 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

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 50% to 31% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.

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. 40 flagged nothing.

  • 2 noted
  • 40 nothing flagged
  • 7 not in our ingredient database yet
40 ingredients with nothing flagged

Antioxidants, apples, barley, beet pulp, biotin (vitamin H/B7), choline chloride, dandelion root, egg, fish, ginger, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), milk thistle, nettle, niacin (vitamin B3), oils and fats, pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), potassium chloride, processed animal protein, rice, rosemary, sage, salt (sodium chloride), seaweed, thyme, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamins, 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
7 not in our ingredient database yet

Artichoke, birch, coriander, dried, haemoglobin, 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

ShopPackPricePer kg
Happy Dog UK14kg x 2 · £102.2914kg x 2£102.29£3.65/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Happy Dog UK14kg · £53.9914kg£53.99£3.86/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 UK14kg£53.99£3.86/kg
4 Oct 2026Happy Dog UK14kg x 2£102.29£3.65/kg
4 Oct 2026Happy Dog UK1kg£8.99£8.99/kg
28 Sep 2026Happy Dog UK14kg£53.99£3.86/kg
28 Sep 2026Happy Dog UK14kg x 2£102.29£3.65/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 24 to 33 points higher and cost up to 24% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
80% this food 22%
Carbs
about 30% this food about 50%
To feed
22% more per 1,000 kcal

+33 pointsCompare

Meat
73% this food 22%
Carbs
about 24% this food about 50%
To feed
4% more per 1,000 kcal

+32 pointsCompare

Meat
59% this food 22%
Carbs
about 33% this food about 50%
To feed
56% less per 1,000 kcal

+24 pointsCompare

Meat
68% this food 22%
Carbs
about 43% this food about 50%
To feed
24% more per 1,000 kcal

+24 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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