Almo Nature

Almo Nature Holistic Adult Small review

Name: Almo Nature Holistic Adult Small
Brand: Almo Nature

48.5/100Average

DryAdult

Flavour

The brand's adult recipe shrunk to a little kibble and a 2kg bag for small mouths. One variety leads with chicken and the other with salmon, each with a second animal behind it. The salmon sits in our Good band and the chicken just under it in Average.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed adults, with kibble and bag sized to match
Dogs with a firm preference between chicken and salmon
Prebiotic support in a small-breed food, from MOS and chicory inulin
Toy dogs working through a bag slowly, as a 2kg bag stays fresher than a half-used sack

Worth watching

Chicken in both recipes, so neither suits a dog avoiding it
A second species behind the headline one, a poor fit for single-protein elimination feeding
Corn and rice in both, for a grain-avoiding household

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

How this scores

How we score

48.5/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Sold for small adult dogs. If chicken is the problem, neither bag is the answer, as the salmon recipe carries dried chicken and chicken fat too.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Salmon 54.7
Almo Nature Holistic Adult Small 48.5

Two recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Modest but honest: named animals with printed percentages and a dosed panel, without the meat density that would push either higher.

What's in it

Chicken: fresh, dried26%, 6.7%32.7% in all. The dried part carries more of the protein than its share suggests.
Corn, riceThe binding.
Dried beef6.7%A second animal in support.
Chicken fat
Beet pulp, yeast, minerals
Mannanoligosaccharides, chicory inulinMOS 0.1%Prebiotics for the gut's friendly bacteria.
A source of phosphorus0.1%
Yucca0.01%Traditionally added to take the edge off stool odour.

Dosed top to bottom, with copper and zinc partly as chelates beside the standard salts, and L-carnitine at 100 mg/kg.

Named ingredients

Chicken 32.7% (fresh 26%, dried 6.7%), corn, rice, dried beef 6.7%, chicken fat, beet pulp, yeast, minerals, mannanoligosaccharides 0.1%, chicory inulin, a source of phosphorus 0.1%, yucca 0.01%

Against the range

Lead animal: Chicken 32.7%; Fresh salmon 26% on the other.
Other animals on the label: Dried beef; Dried tuna and dried chicken.
Fish: None; Salmon and tuna.
Energy: 382 kcal per 100g; 360 on the salmon.

The one for a dog kept off fish, and the denser of the two kibbles.

Both recipes follow one blueprint: a named animal first at a printed percentage, a second animal protein in support, then corn and rice to bind the kibble. Fresh meat and fish lose most of their water in the oven, so the dried entries carry more of the finished protein than their positions suggest. Beet pulp gives fibre, MOS and chicory inulin act as prebiotics, and yucca at 0.01% closes each list. Chicken, as meat or as fat, is in both.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.6%

Fat

17.6%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.6%

Carbs

42.5%

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

39.4%

Carbs

49.9%

Veg

1.2%

Oils

5.5%

Other

Pricing & size