Alpha Spirit

Alpha Spirit Imperial Wet Sausage Poultry review

Name: Alpha Spirit Imperial Wet Sausage Poultry
Brand: Alpha Spirit

77/100Excellent

WetAdult

Alpha Spirit's bird sausage, in our Excellent band and clear of the typical wet food. The word poultry on the front is fully accounted for: turkey at 50% and chicken at 45%, nothing left over. It is rich, though, and the energy per gram is far above ordinary wet food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Turkey-forward dogs, with turkey the larger half
Owners who distrust the word poultry on a label
Adult dogs that need feeding up, protein at 48.8% of dry matter
Grain-free homes. Beet fibre is the only plant weight on the list
Small dogs and big ones alike, fed from toy to giant

Worth watching

Chicken at 45%, so not for a dog kept off chicken
Collagen with no animal named
Fat at 38.0% of dry matter and 165 kcal per 100g against 97 typical. Portions look deceptively small

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

How this scores

How we score

77/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Weigh the portion for a settled dog: this is a rich sausage that suits a fast metabolism best.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Alpha Spirit Imperial Wet Sausage Poultry 77.0

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

It finishes clear of the typical wet food, helped by naming both birds and leaving almost nothing to carbohydrate.

What's in it

Turkey50%Gentle on digestion and leaner than chicken.
Chicken45%Palatable, and the meat dogs most often become intolerant of.
Beet fibreGentle fibre. Carbohydrate is 1.7% of dry matter.
CollagenConnective tissue protein; its animal is not named.
Parsley, turmeric, thymeCharacter, nothing more.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with manganese, iron, copper, zinc and iodine, all dosed in print.

Calcium works out at 0.63% of dry matter, so it is not a growth food; it is listed for adults only.

Named ingredients

95% Fresh Poultry (Turkey 50%, Chicken 45%), Beet Fibre, Collagen, Parsley, Turmeric, Thyme.

Against the range

A single sliceable sausage built on two named birds. Turkey at 50% and chicken at 45% make up the whole 95% fresh poultry claim, with beet fibre, collagen and three herbs behind. Every nutritional additive carries a printed dose.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

164.7 kcal/100g

Protein

14.8%

Fat

11.5%

Fibre

1.4%

Ash

2.1%

Moisture

69.7%

Dry weight

Protein

48.8%

Fat

38%

Fibre

4.6%

Ash

6.9%

Carbs

1.7%

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

95%

Added water

Other

Pricing & size