Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon vs Barking Heads Hair Necessities Salmon Wet Dog Food - All Hounder

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 Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon scores 85 and Barking Heads Hair Necessities Salmon Wet Dog Food - All Hounder scores 85 out of 100.

Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & SalmonBarking Heads Hair Necessities Salmon Wet Dog Food - All Hounder
BrandBarking HeadsBarking Heads
Rating (Recipe)85Good85Good
TypeWet PateWet Pate
Kind / completenesscompletecomplete
LifestageSeniorAdult
Meat share (dry matter)100%97%
Poor ingredients00
Clear labelyesyes
Protein (as fed)9%10%
Fat (as fed)6%6%
Fibre (as fed)1.50%1.50%
Ash (as fed)2.30%2%
Moisture (as fed)78%75%
Energy--
Additives6 nutritional, 1 technological6 nutritional
Recall historyNone recorded in our databaseNone recorded in our database
Declared quantitiesChicken 85.0%, Deboned Chicken 40.0%, Chicken Broth 25.0%, Salmon 20.0% (0% undeclared)Salmon 85.0%, Salmon 30.0%, Sardines 30.0%, Cooking broth 25.0% (0% undeclared)
First ingredientChicken · meat mediumSalmon · meat good
Ingredient count2218
BadgesCompleteHigh meatClear labelFull labelCompleteHigh 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 13 matched ingredients. Tier badges show each ingredient's glossary grade.

In both

Salmon goodSweet Potatoes goodCarrots goodSalmon Oil goodSunflower oil goodSeaweed goodAlfalfa goodParsley goodCelery Seeds goodChicory root goodTurmeric goodAniseed goodVitamins and minerals medium

Only in Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon

Chicken mediumDeboned Chicken goodChicken Broth mediumCourgette goodSpinach goodTomato goodGreen-Lipped Mussel goodNettles goodGreen Tea good

Only in Barking Heads Hair Necessities Salmon Wet Dog Food - All Hounder

Sardines goodCooking broth mediumPumpkin goodCinnamon good

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Frequently asked questions

Which has the higher rating, Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon or Barking Heads Hair Necessities Salmon Wet Dog Food - All Hounder?

They are rated at essentially the same level: 85 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.

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