Akela

Akela 80:20 Free-Range Chicken review

Name: Akela 80:20 Free-Range Chicken
Brand: Akela

73.9/100Excellent

DryPuppyAdult

A single-meat kibble: freshly prepared British chicken at 80%, and that is the lot, with dried egg helping further down. It finishes in our Excellent band. The joint support printed on it is among the more serious you will find on a chicken recipe.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs best kept to one meat
Fish-avoiding dogs. Linseed does the omega work
Puppy, adult and senior fed together, with calcium declared at a growth-friendly 1.52% of dry matter
Joint care built in: glucosamine and MSM at 1138 mg/kg each, chondroitin sulphate at 800 mg/kg

Worth watching

All the chicken goes in fresh, so finished protein reads more modestly than the headline
Dried egg mid-list, for the few dogs that react to egg
Some residual 13kg bags carry a slightly different printed recipe

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

73.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for every life stage and size, with calcium declared for large-breed puppies. Check the recipe printed on a 13kg bag matches before ordering.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Akela 80:20 Free-Range Chicken 73.9

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

It gets there on steadiness, with transparency the one pillar that reaches the top.

What's in it

Freshly prepared British chicken80%A real commitment. Fresh meat surrenders most of its weight as water in the oven.
Sweet potato13%Leads the binding. No cereal of any kind.
Potato fibre, chicken stock3%, 1%
Minerals, tapioca, lucerne, lentils, chickpeasMinor levels.
LinseedPlant omega 3, converted more slowly than fish oil, and it keeps the recipe fish free.
Dehydrated eggA concentrated protein in a food whose meat is otherwise all fresh.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate1138, 1138, 800 mg/kgSerious levels for a chicken recipe.
Prebiotic FOS1730 mg/kgDosed generously.
Coconut oil, then dried fruit, herbs and seaweed
Dried garlic, organic honeySeasoning level. Garlic here is a traditional inclusion, not a hazard.

Trace minerals chelated and dosed, zinc at 120 mg and iodine at 1.55 mg per kilo, with selenium from yeast.

Residual 13kg bags, and some stock in Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, carry the previous composition.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared British Chicken 80%, Sweet Potato 13%, Potato Fibre 3%, Chicken Stock 1%, Minerals, Tapioca, Linseed, Lucerne, Lentils, Chickpeas, Dehydrated Egg, Joint Support (Glucosamine 1138 mg/kg, MSM 1138 mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 800 mg/kg), Pre-biotic FOS 1730 mg/kg, Coconut Oil, Dried Apple, Dried Camomile, Dried Dandelion, Aniseed & Fenugreek, Dried Seaweed, Dried Marigold, Organic Dried Carrot, Organic Pumpkin Powder, Organic Spinach Powder, Dried Pear, Dried Peppermint, Yucca Extract, Dried Bilberry, Burdock Root, Dried Garlic, Organic Honey, Dried Rosehips.

Against the range

Freshly prepared chicken at 80% is the only meat, with no dried meat behind it, so protein converts to a gentler 31.5% of dry matter. Sweet potato and potato fibre bind it with no cereal, and the carbohydrate estimate sits at 35.9% against a typical 46.2%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

377 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

17%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

9.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

10.3%

Carbs

35.9%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

81.1%

Carbs

17.5%

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size