Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon vs Simpsons Premium Four Bird Casserole with Organic Vegetables
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 Simpsons Premium Four Bird Casserole with Organic Vegetables scores 85 out of 100. Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon is the cheaper at £6.75/kg, about 12% less per kg than Simpsons Premium Four Bird Casserole with Organic Vegetables.
| Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon | Simpsons Premium Four Bird Casserole with Organic Vegetables | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Barking Heads | Simpsons Premium |
| Rating (Recipe) | 85Good | 85Good |
| Type | Wet Pate | Wet Chunks |
| Kind / completeness | complete | complete |
| Lifestage | Senior | All lifestages |
| Meat share (dry matter) | 100% | 100% |
| Poor ingredients | 0 | 0 |
| Clear label | yes | yes |
| Protein (as fed) | 9% | 10.80% |
| Fat (as fed) | 6% | 5.20% |
| Fibre (as fed) | 1.50% | 0.50% |
| Ash (as fed) | 2.30% | 2.50% |
| Moisture (as fed) | 78% | 80% |
| Energy | - | - |
| Additives | 6 nutritional, 1 technological | 1 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) | Goose 60.0%, Duck 15.0%, Chicken 15.0%, Turkey 15.0% (0% undeclared) |
| First ingredient | Chicken · meat medium | Goose · meat good |
| Ingredient count | 22 | 9 |
| 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 4 matched ingredients. Tier badges show each ingredient's glossary grade.
In both
Chicken mediumCarrots goodSpinach goodVitamins and minerals mediumOnly in Barking Heads Golden Years Wet Food for Senior Dogs - Chicken & Salmon
Deboned Chicken goodChicken Broth mediumSalmon goodSweet Potatoes goodCourgette goodTomato goodSalmon Oil goodSunflower oil goodGreen-Lipped Mussel goodSeaweed goodAlfalfa goodParsley goodCelery Seeds goodChicory root goodNettles goodTurmeric goodAniseed goodGreen Tea goodOnly in Simpsons Premium Four Bird Casserole with Organic Vegetables
Goose goodDuck mediumTurkey mediumPotatoes mediumPumpkin goodIf 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 Simpsons Premium Four Bird Casserole with Organic Vegetables?
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.