Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon vs Barking Heads Puppy Days Wet Chicken Dog Food
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 Puppy Days Wet Chicken Dog Food scores 86 out of 100.
| Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon | Barking Heads Puppy Days Wet Chicken Dog Food | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Barking Heads | Barking Heads |
| Rating (Recipe) | 85Good | 86Good |
| Type | Wet Pate | Wet Pate |
| Kind / completeness | complete | complete |
| Lifestage | Senior | Puppy |
| Meat share (dry matter) | 100% | 100% |
| Poor ingredients | 0 | 0 |
| Clear label | yes | yes |
| Protein (as fed) | 9% | 11% |
| Fat (as fed) | 6% | 7% |
| Fibre (as fed) | 1.50% | 0.80% |
| Ash (as fed) | 2.30% | 2.50% |
| Moisture (as fed) | 78% | 76% |
| Energy | - | - |
| Additives | 6 nutritional, 1 technological | 6 nutritional |
| Recall history | None recorded in our database | None recorded in our database |
| Declared quantities | Chicken 85.0%, Deboned Chicken 40.0%, Chicken Broth 25.0%, Salmon 20.0% (0% undeclared) | Deboned Chicken 85.0%, Chicken Broth 25.0% (0% undeclared) |
| First ingredient | Chicken · meat medium | Deboned Chicken · meat good |
| Ingredient count | 22 | 17 |
| 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 mediumSweet Potatoes goodCarrots goodCourgette goodSalmon Oil goodSunflower oil goodSeaweed goodAlfalfa goodParsley goodCelery Seeds goodChicory root goodNettles goodTurmeric goodAniseed goodVitamins and minerals mediumOnly in Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon
Chicken mediumSalmon goodSpinach goodTomato goodGreen-Lipped Mussel goodGreen Tea goodOnly in Barking Heads Puppy Days Wet Chicken Dog Food
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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 Puppy Days Wet Chicken Dog Food?
They are rated at essentially the same level: 85 and 86 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.