88/100Outstanding
5 varietiesBrand
Akela
Brand review
Akela dog food review
Akela builds its dry food around 80:20 and 90:10 meat ratios, and it reaches for less common proteins such as kangaroo and game. There is a wet working-dog option too. The brand average sits in our Outstanding band. The meat focus is real, nutritional balance and transparency read Outstanding across most of the range, and the soft spot is protein and processing on the kibble, where the high-heat process counts against it.
Average score
80
out of 100
Value
—
not yet rated
Ingredient clarity
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not yet rated
Foods reviewed
9
Dry · Wet
Range at a glance
Broad range- Foods reviewed
- 9
- Food types
- Dry, Wet
- Life stages
- Puppy, Adult, Senior
- Common fit
- Joint support, Grain-free, High energy, Single protein
Currently reviewed Akela foods
- 188/100
- 283/100
- 381/100
- 479/100
- 578/100
- 678/100
- 778/100
- 877/100
- 974/100
Price & value
- Monthly cost from
- ≈ £30–50 / mo
- Typical monthly cost
- ≈ £30–50 / mo
Estimated monthly bands for a 15 kg adult dog, from each food’s feeding guide.
Best for
High-meat kibbleNovel proteinsDry or wet foodEvery life stage
Summary figures are derived from this brand’s 9 reviewed foods. Prices and retailer availability can change. Scores are independent and never affected by commission. Guidance, not veterinary advice.
In detail
Akela: the closer look
The range
Nine products across 13 recipes, mostly 80:20 and 90:10 high-meat dry food such as Free-Range Chicken, Fish Feast, Suffolk Duck and Scottish Salmon, plus a wet working-dog recipe. The range covers every breed size.
Ingredients
Chicken and fish lead the proteins, and the range also reaches into game, trout and kangaroo. Botanicals such as rosehip, camomile, cranberry, asparagus and valerian turn up in the mix.
Nutrition
As-fed protein runs from about 11% in the wet food to 39% in the high-meat kibble. Energy is roughly 116 to 393 kcal per 100g.
Strengths
- 80:20 and 90:10 high-meat recipes
- Less common proteins such as game and kangaroo
- Meat content is clearly labelled
Limitations
- No raw or cold-pressed format
- A small range of nine products
- Most of the kibble reads Good on protein and processing
Where it is less of a fit
- If your dog needs raw or cold-pressed food, check the format, because this range is dry and wet
- If you want a wide choice of recipes, check the range, because thirteen recipes is a short line-up
- If you want kibble reading Outstanding on protein and processing, check that pillar, because the dry recipes sit at Good
Score overview
The Outstanding brand average is carried by transparency, Outstanding on every recipe, and by nutritional balance, Outstanding or Excellent on twelve of thirteen. Protein and processing is the softer pillar on the kibble, at Good on six of the eight dry recipes, and Outstanding on the wet.
The average score is the mean of each product's overall score out of 100 (using the best-scoring variety per product), not a flat average across every variety.
Figures are derived from current catalogue data for this brand's active foods, and the editorial read is ours. Scores are independent and never affected by commission. This is guidance, not veterinary advice. Last reviewed 28 August 2026.
All Akela dog foods
9 foods, ranked by score
83/100Outstanding
81/100Outstanding
79/100Excellent
78/100Excellent
78/100Excellent
78/100Excellent
77/100Excellent
74/100Excellent
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Akela — common questions
Is Akela good dog food?
Across 9 reviewed foods, Akela averages 80/100, which we rate Outstanding. It suits high-meat kibble, novel proteins, dry or wet food, every life stage.
Which Akela dog food scores highest?
Akela Wet Working Dog Food leads the range at 88/100. You can read its full review, score breakdown and retailer prices on its product page.
What type of dogs is Akela best for?
Its reviewed foods are best suited to high-meat kibble, novel proteins, dry or wet food, every life stage. Use the Food Finder to match a specific food to your dog's age, size and needs.
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