Alpha

Alpha Adult Grain Free review

Name: Alpha Adult Grain Free
Brand: Alpha

45.2/100Average

DryAdult

Flavour

A pair of workmanlike kibbles that take grain out and put potato and pea starch in. For a dog that simply needs cereal gone from the bowl, both do that in full. Both sit in our Average band, mostly because so many of the animal entries go unnamed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do better without cereals
Homes with several dogs, since it comes in 15kg sacks
Working and country dogs used to a plain, steady bowl
A prebiotic pair, FOS and MOS, in both recipes

Worth watching

Meat and bone meal, poultry oil and fish meal with no species, so no use for an elimination diet
The lamb version is lamb led, with poultry oil and fish meal too
Starch doing much of the lifting in both

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

How this scores

How we score

45.2/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. The maker's chart gives a wide range for a 15kg dog, so start in the middle and adjust by condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Lamb 49.8
Alpha Adult Grain Free 45.2

All two Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The lamb sits a little ahead of the original inside the same band; unnamed animal entries are the main drag on both.

What's in it

Potato flake26.5%The plant side sets the tone.
Pea starch16.0%
Poultry meal14.0%Concentrated dried protein, so it works harder than fresh meat would.
Meat and bone mealNo animal named.
Sugar beet pellets, poultry oilThe oil names no bird.
Whole peas5.0%
Fish mealNo fish named.
Whole linseed2.5%Plant omega 3.
Brewers yeast, chicory root extract, MOSFOS and MOS 0.1% eachA prebiotic pairing.
Extract of yucca schidigera

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc oxide, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and sodium selenite, all dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Potato Flake (26.5%), Pea Starch (16.0%), Poultry Meal (14.0%), Meat and Bone Meal, Sugar Beet Pellets, Poultry Oil, Whole Peas (5.0%), Fish Meal, Whole Linseed (2.5%), Brewers Yeast, Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic FOS) (0.1%), Mannan-oligosaccharides (Prebiotic MOS) (0.1%), Extract of Yucca Schidigera.

Against the range

Lead starch: Potato flake 26.5%; Sweet potato 30% on the lamb.
First animal: Poultry meal 14.0%; Lamb meal 14% on the lamb.
Fat, as declared: 12.0%; 10% on the lamb.
Linseed: 2.5%; 0.5% on the lamb.

The richer of the two, with more linseed.

Two grain-free kibbles that put potato or sweet potato and pea starch ahead of the first animal entry, a meal at 14% in both. Meat and bone meal, poultry oil and fish meal appear on both labels with no species given.

Whole peas, brewers yeast, linseed and a FOS and MOS prebiotic pair make up the tail of each. The trace minerals are inorganic forms, each dosed on the label.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

334.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

9.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

10.4%

Carbs

45.6%

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

34%

Carbs

57.7%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

3.3%

Other

4.9%

Pricing & size