Alpha Spirit

Alpha Spirit Soft Food Complete Multi Protein review

Name: Alpha Spirit Soft Food Complete Multi Protein
Brand: Alpha Spirit

71.9/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

A semi-moist food with four fresh animals and a named blend of whole fish in one tender recipe. Animals account for everything down to the 9% starch binder, and every entry on the label carries a percentage. It lands in our Excellent band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that eat best when dinner is soft and plainly meaty
Dogs bored of a single protein: chicken, fish, pork and duck share the bowl
Older dogs and tender mouths, as the pieces need no real chewing
Owners used to kibble, since the bag pours and portions much the same way
Stiffening joints, with glucosamine printed at 3930 mg

Worth watching

Whole fish second on the list at 20%, so not for a dog kept off fish
Too many animals for an exclusion trial or a single-protein plan
Eggs at 1%, small but real for a dog that reacts to them

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

How this scores

How we score

71.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Check your dog's history with fish and egg before the first bag, as both are on the label.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Alpha Spirit Soft Food Complete Multi Protein 71.9

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

No corner of it is weak: animals fill the top of the list, every entry carries a percentage and the supplement doses are printed as figures.

What's in it

Fresh chicken meat35%
Fresh whole fish: sardinella, mackerel, horse mackerel, sardine20%Whole fish brings bone and organ with the flesh. Horse mackerel is a fish, nothing to do with horses.
Fresh pork15%Still an uncommon meat in British bowls.
Fresh duck10%
Fresh pork liver5%The busiest entry: vitamin A, B12 and copper at levels no muscle cut reaches.
Hydrolysed starch9%The binder, already broken down. Its source plant goes unnamed.
Vegetable glycerine (USP)1.5%Keeps the pieces soft on the shelf.
Eggs, beet pulp1% each
Brewer's yeast0.75%
Pumpkin, banana, pineapple, cumin, sage, ginger, turmeric0.25% eachSeasoning.

Taurine at 2680 mg, glucosamine at 3930 mg and iron at 62 mg, all three printed as figures.

The hydrolysed starch is the one entry on the label with no named source plant.

Named ingredients

35% fresh chicken meat, 20% fresh whole fish (arsenal (Sardinella aurita), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), sardine (Sardina pilchardus)), 15% fresh pork, 10% fresh duck, 5% fresh pork liver, 9% hydrolysed starch, 1.5% vegetable glycerine (USP), 1% eggs, 1% Beta Vulgaris pulp, 0.75% brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), 0.25% pumpkin, 0.25% banana,0.25% pineapple, 0.25% cumin (Cuminum cyminum), 0.25% sage (Salvia officinalis), 0.25% ginger (Zingiber officinale), 0.25% turmeric (Curcuma longa)

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

330.7 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

25%

Dry weight

Protein

38.7%

Fat

20%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

29.3%

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

86%

Carbs

Veg

Other

Pricing & size