Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon vs Naturediet Salmon & White Fish
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 Naturediet Salmon & White Fish scores 85 out of 100. Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon is the cheaper at £6.75/kg, about 87% less per kg than Naturediet Salmon & White Fish.
| Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon | Naturediet Salmon & White Fish | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Barking Heads | Naturediet |
| Rating (Recipe) | 85Good | 85Good |
| Type | Wet Pate | Wet Pate |
| Kind / completeness | complete | complete |
| Lifestage | Senior | Adult |
| Meat share (dry matter) | 100% | 98% |
| Poor ingredients | 0 | 0 |
| Clear label | yes | yes |
| Protein (as fed) | 9% | 12% |
| Fat (as fed) | 6% | 10.50% |
| Fibre (as fed) | 1.50% | 2% |
| Ash (as fed) | 2.30% | 3% |
| Moisture (as fed) | 78% | 68% |
| Energy | - | - |
| Additives | 6 nutritional, 1 technological | 5 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) | Salmon 64.0%, White Fish 28.0%, Water 8.0% (0% undeclared) |
| First ingredient | Chicken · meat medium | Salmon · meat good |
| Ingredient count | 22 | 3 |
| 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 1 matched ingredient. Tier badges show each ingredient's glossary grade.
In both
Salmon goodOnly in Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon
Chicken mediumDeboned Chicken goodChicken Broth mediumSweet Potatoes goodCarrots goodCourgette goodSpinach goodTomato goodSalmon Oil goodSunflower oil goodGreen-Lipped Mussel goodSeaweed goodAlfalfa goodParsley goodCelery Seeds goodChicory root goodNettles goodTurmeric goodAniseed goodGreen Tea goodVitamins and minerals mediumOnly in Naturediet Salmon & White Fish
White Fish goodWaterIf neither suits
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Frequently asked questions
Which has the higher rating, Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon or Naturediet Salmon & White Fish?
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.