Alpha Spirit

Alpha Spirit Soft Food Complete: Poultry review

Name: Alpha Spirit Soft Food Complete: Poultry
Brand: Alpha Spirit

71/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

The meat share of a good wet food, served soft and semi-moist. Both recipes declare 85% fresh animal content and sit level in our Excellent band. Taurine and glucosamine come with printed doses, a welcome sight on a meat-led label.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs with ageing teeth or a delicate jaw. The texture asks for barely any crunch
Dogs that find kibble hard going but are never quite filled by a wet tray
Owners who want fresh meat or fish leading, the starch kept to a binder
Senior dogs, both listed for adults and seniors
Dogs kept off land meats, on the Wild Fish

Worth watching

Fish in both recipes, the Poultry included
Chicken, turkey and duck together in the Poultry, so no single-protein plan there

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

How this scores

How we score

71/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of every size. Choose by the animal your dog does best on, since the score will not split them.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Poultry 71.0
Wild Fish 70.4

All two Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The two score level, so your dog's protein preference should decide between them.

What's in it

Fresh chicken meat30%
Fresh turkey meat25%
Fresh duck meat20%
Fresh whole fish: sardinella, mackerel, horse mackerel, sardine10%Bone and organ come with the fillet. Horse mackerel is a fish.
Hydrolysed starch9%Binds the soft food; its plant source is not named.
Vegetable glycerine1.5%Keeps it soft in the bag. Declared at pharmaceutical grade.
Eggs, beet pulp, brewer's yeast1% each
Carrot, apple, chicory, cumin, rosemary, turmeric0.25% eachSeasoning.

Taurine at 2680 mg for the heart, glucosamine at 3930 mg for joints, and iron at 62 mg, each printed as a figure.

Whole fish at 10% sits in this poultry recipe.

Named ingredients

30% fresh chicken meat, 25% fresh turkey meat, 20% fresh duck meat, 10% fresh whole fish (arsenal (Sardinella aurita), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), sardine (Sardina pilchardus)), 9% hydrolysed starch, 1.5% vegetable glycerine (USP), 1% eggs, 1% Beta Vulgaris pulp, 1% brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), 0.25% carrot, 0.25% apple, 0.25% chicory, 0.25% cumin (Cuminum cyminum), 0.25% rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), 0.25% turmeric (Curcuma longa)

Against the range

Meat: Chicken, turkey, duck and 10% fish; Wild Fish is 85% whole fish alone.
Protein, dry matter: 38.0%; 38.7% on the Wild Fish.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: An estimated 31.3%; 30.0% on the Wild Fish.

The natural all-rounder of the pair.

Both declare 85% fresh animal content and keep 25% moisture in the finished food, so the meat share survives the process far more literally than in a kibble. Hydrolysed starch at 9% binds each recipe, its plant source unnamed, and no cereal appears. Vegetable glycerine at 1.5% keeps the food soft. Whole fish of four named species runs through both, and the tail is a pinch of fruit and herb.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

325.9 kcal/100g

Protein

28.5%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

25%

Dry weight

Protein

38%

Fat

18.7%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

31.3%

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

2.2%

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size