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Alpha Sensitive Extra review

Name: Alpha Sensitive Extra
Brand: Alpha

49/100Average

DryAdult

An Average kibble built for stomachs that complain easily, a step below the typical adult dry food. White rice at 23% and oats set a gentle base, duck meal at 15.5% supplies the headline protein, and FOS and MOS ride along for the gut. The construction is usefully plain.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Touchy digestion. White rice and oats are among the easier starches
Owners who want duck as the lead meat, here as a concentrated meal
Gut-focused feeders, with chicory FOS and MOS both included
One bag for several dogs, as the guide runs from small companions up to 45kg

Worth watching

Meat and bone meal and poultry oil never name their animal, so no strict elimination trial on this
Fish meal alongside the duck, so not fish free
Rice, oats and maize carry a fair share of the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

49/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. A 15kg dog gets around 210 grams a day; the waistline decides from there.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Alpha Sensitive Extra 49.0

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

A middle-of-the-road performer with a clear speciality; the unnamed meat and plain mineral forms keep it from climbing.

What's in it

White rice23%About as digestible as starch gets.
Whole oatsSoluble fibre and a spread of minerals.
Duck meal15.5%Already dried, so more finished protein than the same weight of fresh duck.
Meat and bone mealNo animal named.
Whole maize
Poultry oilSpecies not given.
Fish mealTops up the amino acids and the smell.
Whole linseed, brewers yeastPlant omega 3 and B vitamins.
Chicory root extract (FOS), MOS0.1% eachThe two prebiotics most used to feed gut bacteria.
Yucca schidigera extract

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with every trace mineral dosed and printed, in plain oxide and sulphate forms that the gut takes up less readily than chelates.

Named ingredients

White Rice (23.0%), Whole Oats, Duck Meal (15.5%), Meat and Bone Meal, Whole Maize, Poultry Oil, Fish Meal, Whole Linseed, 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

One duck-led kibble on a white rice and oat base, with two prebiotics for the gut. Meat and bone meal and poultry oil sit behind the duck without naming their animal, and fish meal is in there too.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

336.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

46.1%

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

35.7%

Carbs

57.8%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

3.4%

Other

Pricing & size