Alpha Spirit

Alpha Spirit Complete Wet Canned: Sardine with Banana review

Name: Alpha Spirit Complete Wet Canned: Sardine with Banana
Brand: Alpha Spirit

75.9/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

About as meat-forward as a tin gets, with all eleven in our Excellent band. Every label is 93% animal, and the joint pair is printed with doses. The flavour names do not always match what leads the tin, so read a line down.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that need one named animal: nine of the eleven keep to a single species
The animal share stated plainly on every label
Dogs that do better with starch kept out
Stiffening joints, with glucosamine and chondroitin both at 200 mg/kg
Rotation feeding. Only the animal and the fruit change
Dogs that have tried everything, given anchovy, sardine, rabbit and duck are here

Worth watching

Duck and Rabbit tins are chicken-led, at 63%
Gelatin has no animal named, so ask the maker before a strict single-species trial
No energy figure on any label, so the calories and portions are our estimate

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

How this scores

How we score

75.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. For a dog avoiding chicken, check the first line of the label, since two tins named for other animals are mostly chicken.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Sardine

The score, in context

Chicken 77.1
Rabbit 77.1
Salmon 77.1
Turkey 77.1
Beef 76.1
Anchovy 76.0
Sardine 75.9
Duck 75.8
Ham 75.8
Lamb 75.8
Pork 75.8

All 11 Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All eleven finish level with each other, so choose by the animal; the scores say nothing to split them.

What's in it

Sardine93%Small oily fish go in whole, which is how the tin carries so much animal.
Banana4%
GelatinSets the tin. The one animal entry with no species beside it.
Ground beet pulpFibre, for gut transit.
SpicesA category term at the very end; not itemised.
Minerals

Zinc oxide at 30 mg/kg, with glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate both at 200 mg/kg.

Named ingredients

Sardine 93%, Banana 4%, Gelatin, Ground Beet Pulp, Spices and Minerals.

Against the range

Animal: Sardine; Anchovy and salmon are the other fish
Moisture: Not declared; we assume 78%; Declared at 75.5% on five tins
Protein, dry matter: 54.5% (on assumed moisture); 49.0% where moisture is declared

Whole small fish and nothing propping them up.

Every label declares 93% animal, a named fruit at 4%, then gelatin, ground beet pulp, spices and minerals. Nine tins keep to one species with the offal named alongside; the Duck and Rabbit tins are led by chicken at 63%. No grain, potato or legume appears anywhere.

Estimated carbohydrate is 0.8% of dry matter or lower. Protein converts to between 49.0% and 54.5% of dry matter, depending on whether a label declares its moisture; six do not, and none prints an energy figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

110 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

12%

Fat

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

2.8%

Dry weight

Protein

54.5%

Fat

36.4%

Fibre

6.8%

Ash

12.7%

Carbs

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

93%

Added water

1.8%

Carbs

0.6%

Veg

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size