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Happy Dog · dry

Happy Dog Mini Senior review

One of the weakest dry foods we have rated. Just 5% declared meat content, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 78p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 26/100 Avoid
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Top 89%scores higher than 11% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Avoidscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.78 approx.per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 34% of dry foods
5%declared meat content
Germanybrand origin
360kcal per 100 g

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 50/100 across 31 ingredients (declared percentages used for 6, position estimates for the rest).
20 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (Meat Meal, Animal Proteins, Oils and Fats) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 5% of the recipe (+0.3); meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
2.3 / 15
Additives
Declared additives below our neutral line, weakest being Hydrolysed Protein (-0.8).
9.3 / 10
Red flags
Meat Meal at position 3 (-8); Animal Proteins at position 5 (-8); Oils and Fats at position 6 (-6).
-22 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 5%.
4 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 54% dry matter (high); fat 12.0% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 2.2% DM (+2); ash 6.5% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: omega-3 source, named botanicals, joint support, pre/probiotics (+2).
6.2 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
26 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 26 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 20 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 9.3 of 10. On top of that, 22 points are deducted outright for red-flag ingredients - a penalty applied before anything else is counted, which is why the total lands where it does.

The label declares 5% meat, which is a low figure, and a declared low figure is still more honest than silence, and the ingredient list leans on vague groupings instead of naming what is actually in the bag.

At about 78p a day to feed a 10kg dog, the question is not whether it is cheap but whether the label justifies the price - and on our scoring, it does not.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

Meat MealAnimal ProteinsPoultry 4%Lamb 4%Oils and FatsFish Meal 5%

Carbs & grains

RiceMaizeBarley

Fruit & veg

Beet Pulp DesugaredApple PomaceSeaweedArtichoke

Supplements & extras

Hydrolysed ProteinPotassium ChlorideYeastsSodium ChlorideLinseed 0.15%Dried Whole Egg 0.1%Chicory PowderMilk ThistleMussel Meat 0.02%Yucca SchidigeraDandelionGinger 0.01%Birch LeavesStinging NettleCamomileCorianderRosemarySageLiquorice RootThyme Dried
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Vitamin a, Vitamin D3, Vitamin E, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B6, Biotine, Calcium-D-Pantothenate, Niacin, Vitamin B12, Choline Chloride, Vitamin C, L-Carnitine , Antioxidants , High Tocopherol Extracts of Natural Origin, Iron, Copper, Zinc (Zinc Oxide, Zinc Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate, ), Manganese, Iodine, Selenium.

Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
4 kg£20.99£5.25

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 148 g a day = £0.78 / day, £23.71 / month.

How we work this out
  1. Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 10 kg dog works out near 534 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 360 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £5.25 / kg, for the daily cost, then by 30.4 days for the month.

Estimates scale to your dog's weight and the food's calorie density - a denser food needs fewer grams. A rough guide; always follow the pack. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

25.5 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

12 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

53.8 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

2.2 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

6.5 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Energy

360 kcal/100g
Directory average: 365.3

Moisture isn't declared on this label - dry-matter figures assume 8% (typical for a dry food) and are marked estimated.

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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