Akela

Akela 80:20 Original review

Name: Akela 80:20 Original
Brand: Akela

78.2/100Excellent

DryPuppyAdult

Akela's founding recipe and its most varied: free-range chicken, turkey, herring and salmon, with chicken liver and egg in support. It sits high in our Excellent band. The label is unusually open, with a superfood blend dosed line by line and the joint trio printed at strength.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do well on variety. Two birds and two fish go into every bowl
Busy, athletic dogs; it runs at 390 kcal per 100g
Mixed-age households, with calcium declared at 1.58% of dry matter
Owners tired of vague herb blends: every superfood entry is dosed in print
Fussy eaters, thanks to the chicken liver

Worth watching

Chicken, turkey, fish and egg all share the label, so it is out for elimination feeding
Rich enough to need honest portions for a dog whose main job is the sofa

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

How this scores

How we score

78.2/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for every life stage and size, and calcium is declared for large-breed puppies. The one check before ordering is portion size, as it runs energy dense.

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 Original 78.2

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Meat density and an unusually open label carry it well clear of the typical dry food.

What's in it

Free range chicken, dehydrated chicken22%, 15%Fresh and dried. The dried entries hold their weight through cooking.
Dehydrated herring10%
Tapioca9%Starch and nothing more, kept to a supporting role.
Salmon, dehydrated turkey9%, 7%The other fish and the other bird.
Sweet potato, potato fibre6%, 4%Structure, with the tapioca.
Chicken liver6%Genuinely nutrient dense, and the reason fussy dogs tend to clear the bowl.
Chicken fat, salmon oil4%, 3%Every fat is named.
Superfood blend1600mg/kg eachFifteen entries from dried apple to yucca, with burdock root and rosehips at 100mg/kg. Dosing a garnish list this way is rare.
Chicken stock, free range egg2% each
Chondroitin, glucosamine, MSM1608, 1605, 1604.5mg/kgJoint support at serious levels. Prebiotic FOS follows at 1730mg/kg.

Per kilo: vitamin A 14,423 IU, vitamin D3 2,000 IU and vitamin E 96 IU, with zinc, iron and manganese as chelates and iodine at 0.96 mg.

Residual 13kg bags, and some stock in Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, carry the old composition with potato, peas, chickpeas and lentils.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Free Range Chicken 22%, Dehydrated Chicken 15%, Dehydrated Herring 10%, Tapioca 9%, Freshly Prepared Salmon 9%, Dehydrated Turkey 7%, Sweet Potato 6%, Freshly Prepared Chicken Liver 6%, Chicken Fat 4%, Potato Fibre 4%, Salmon Oil 3%, Superfood Blend (1600mg/kg each: Dried Apple, Dried Camomile, Dried Cranberry, Dried Dandelion, Dried Algae, Fennel, Aniseed & Fenugreek, Dried Marigold, Organic Dried Carrot, Organic Pumpkin Powder, Organic Spinach Powder, Dried Pear, Dried Peppermint, Yucca Extract, Dried Bilberry. 100mg/kg each: Burdock Root, Dried Rosehips), Chicken Stock 2%, Freshly Prepared Free Range Egg 2%, Minerals, Joint Support (Chondroitin Sulphate 1608mg/kg, Glucosamine 1605mg/kg, MSM 1604.5mg/kg), Pre-biotic FOS 1730mg/kg.*

Against the range

Protein comes in layers from four animals, with the dried entries holding their weight through cooking. It finishes at 40.2% of dry matter, and carbohydrate is estimated at 26.1% where 46.2% is par for the category.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

390.5 kcal/100g

Protein

37%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

Ash

9.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

40.2%

Fat

20.1%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

10.3%

Carbs

26.1%

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

73%

Carbs

19%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size