Barking Heads Fat Dog Slim Light Wet Dog Food - Chicken vs Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon
How the two products stack up on rating, ingredients, analysis and price.
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Both are rated at essentially the same level: Barking Heads Fat Dog Slim Light Wet Dog Food - Chicken scores 86 and Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon scores 85 out of 100.
| Barking Heads Fat Dog Slim Light Wet Dog Food - Chicken | Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Barking Heads | Barking Heads |
| Rating (Recipe) | 86Good | 85Good |
| Type | Wet Chunks | Wet Pate |
| Kind / completeness | complete | complete |
| Lifestage | Adult | Senior |
| Meat share (dry matter) | 100% | 100% |
| Poor ingredients | 0 | 0 |
| Clear label | yes | yes |
| Protein (as fed) | 9% | 9% |
| Fat (as fed) | 6.50% | 6% |
| Fibre (as fed) | 1.60% | 1.50% |
| Ash (as fed) | 2% | 2.30% |
| Moisture (as fed) | 79% | 78% |
| Energy | - | - |
| Additives | 6 nutritional | 6 nutritional, 1 technological |
| Recall history | None recorded in our database | None recorded in our database |
| Declared quantities | Deboned Chicken 85.0%, Chicken Broth 25.0% (0% undeclared) | Chicken 85.0%, Deboned Chicken 40.0%, Chicken Broth 25.0%, Salmon 20.0% (0% undeclared) |
| First ingredient | Deboned Chicken · meat good | Chicken · meat medium |
| Ingredient count | 16 | 22 |
| Badges | CompleteHigh meatClear labelFull label | CompleteHigh meatClear labelFull label |
Lifestage comes from the manufacturer's own labelling. Dry-matter figures are estimates from the published label; recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score.
Shared ingredients
The two recipes share 16 matched ingredients. Tier badges show each ingredient's glossary grade.
In both
Deboned Chicken goodChicken Broth mediumCourgette goodCarrots goodSweet Potatoes goodTomato goodSeaweed goodAlfalfa goodGreen-Lipped Mussel goodParsley goodCelery Seeds goodChicory root goodTurmeric goodAniseed goodGreen Tea goodVitamins and minerals mediumOnly in Barking Heads Fat Dog Slim Light Wet Dog Food - Chicken
noneOnly in Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon
Chicken mediumSalmon goodSpinach goodSalmon Oil goodSunflower oil goodNettles goodIf neither suits
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Frequently asked questions
Which has the higher rating, Barking Heads Fat Dog Slim Light Wet Dog Food - Chicken or Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon?
They are rated at essentially the same level: 86 and 85 out of 100. A gap this small is within the tolerance of the scoring model.
How are these ratings calculated?
Open Dog Food parses each published ingredient list, estimates missing quantities, converts every ingredient to its dry-matter share and scores the recipe from 1 to 100. The full method is on the methodology page.