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Harper & Bone · dry

Harper and Bone Senior review

A genuinely strong dry food. Just 11.6% declared meat content, and the label tells you exactly what is inside. Feeding it costs about 66p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 81/100 Very good
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Top 31%scores higher than 69% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Very goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.66 approx.per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 49% of dry foods
11.6%declared meat content
United Kingdombrand 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 73/100 across 37 ingredients (declared percentages used for 15, position estimates for the rest).
29.2 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 70% of the recipe (+4.2); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
13.2 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Meat content ~69.1% fresh-equivalent (added up from every named meat on the label; dried meats counted at their fresh weight).
15 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 43% dry matter (moderate); fat 15.2% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 5.4% DM (+1.7); ash 8.2% DM - sensible mineral load (+1.9); functional extras: omega-3 source, joint support, pre/probiotics, named botanicals (+2).
7.5 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
81 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 81 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 29.2 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15.

The label declares 11.6% meat, which is a low figure, and a declared low figure is still more honest than silence, and the ingredient list names things individually rather than hiding them in catch-all categories.

At about 66p 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 broadly does.

Ingredients

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

Meat & fish

Dehydrated Chicken 11.6%Freshly Prepared Boneless Chicken 10.2%Freshly Prepared Boneless Turkey 7.7%Fresh-Prepared Boneless Duck 4%Dehydrated Turkey 3.1%Fresh-Prepared Chicken Liver 3.1%Fresh Prepared Turkey Liver 3.1%Hydrolysed Chicken Liver 1.6%Hydrolysed Turkey Liver 0.8%

Carbs & grains

Whole BarleyBrown Rice 9.3%Whole Oats 7.7%Extruded Rice

Fruit & veg

Whole Green PeasWhole Yellow Peas 4%Beet PulpApple FibreFresh Broccoli 1000 mg/kgFresh Pumpkin 1000 mg/kgFresh Apples 1000 mg/kgFresh Carrots 1000 mg/kgTangerine Extract 500 mg/kgKelp 30 mg/kgWhole Cranberries 30 mg/kg

Oils & fats

Chicken Oil Protected with Natural Tocopherols 3.2%Fish Oil Protected with Natural Tocopherols 0.4%

Supplements & extras

MineralsFlax Seeds 0.5%YeastsGlucosamine 1000 mg/kgChondroitin 600 mg/kgHydrolysed Yeast Cell Wall 500 mg/kgChicory 500 mg/kgYucca Schidigera 200 mg/kgRosehip 30 mg/kgGreen Tea 30 mg/kgTurmeric 30 mg/kg
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Vitamin a 20000 IU/kg, Vitamin D3 1800 IU/kg, Vitamin E 400 mg/kg, Vitamin C 150 mg/kg, Iron (Iron II Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrated) 45 mg/kg, Copper (Copper II Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrated) 7 mg/kg, Manganese (Manganese Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrated) 15 mg/kg, Zinc (Zinc Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrated) 85 mg/kg, Selenium (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Ncyc R397 Selenized Yeast Inactivated Selenium Yeast Complex) 0.2 mg/kg, Probiotic Bacillus Velezensis C-3102 (Dsm 15544) 1 X 109 Cfu/kg. Antioxidants : Tocopherol Extracts from Vegetable Oils.

Feeding & cost

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

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
12 kg£52.99£4.42

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 148 g a day = £0.65 / day, £19.76 / 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, £4.42 / 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

28.3 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

15.2 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

42.9 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

5.4 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

8.2 % 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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