Alpha Spirit

Alpha Spirit The Only One Complete 7 Days Formula review

Name: Alpha Spirit The Only One Complete 7 Days Formula
Brand: Alpha Spirit

81.9/100Outstanding

Cold pressedAdultSenior

A cold-pressed food that reads more like a butcher's order than a bag of dry food, and it reaches our Outstanding band. Pork leads at 45.4%, chicken follows at 25.4% and whole fish at 10.4%, named right down to the species. Carbohydrate converts to 35.1% of dry matter, well under what a cold-pressed food usually carries.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs who do better on fresh meat, with pork, chicken, fish, liver and egg all percentaged
Owners who want the fish identified properly: sardine, mackerel and horse mackerel by species
Older dogs. Glucosamine and taurine are both declared with amounts
Fast eaters and delicate digestions, the dogs cold-pressed has its following among
A first try at cold-pressed, with a 3kg bag as well as a 12kg

Worth watching

Chicken, fish and egg beside the pork, so not for a dog kept to one protein
Pellets break down quickly once wet, so feed them dry or soak just before the meal

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

How this scores

How we score

81.9/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Decide before the first bag whether you will feed it dry or soaked, since the pellets don't sit well in water.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Alpha Spirit The Only One Complete 7 Days Formula 81.9

All one Outstanding. Typical dry food: Good.

It leads the cold-pressed category, on named meat and fish and a list you can read without a dictionary.

What's in it

Fresh pork45.4%A good, digestible meat with an undeserved old reputation.
Fresh chicken meat25.4%
Fresh whole fish: alacha, mackerel, horse mackerel, sardine10.4%Small oily fish, named by species, bringing omega 3. Horse mackerel is a fish.
Fresh pork liver5.4%About the most nutrient-dense thing you can put in a bowl.
Hydrolysed starch4.5%The binder that holds a pellet together.
Eggs1.8%
Beet pulp, sweet potato1.7% and 1.5%Fibre.
Brewer's yeast, banana1.5% and 1%Yeast brings B vitamins.
Caraway, cumin, sage, turmeric, ginger0.45% down to 0.125%Flavour and character at this inclusion.

Glucosamine at 4400 mg, a real working dose for joints, with taurine at 3000 mg and iron at 70 mg.

Named ingredients

45.4% fresh pork, 25.4% fresh chicken meat, 10.4% fresh whole fish (alacha (Sardinella aurita), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), Sardine (Sardina pilchardus)), 5.4% liver of fresh pork, 4.5% hydrolyzed starch, 1.8% eggs, 1.7% Beta Vulgaris pulp, 1.5% brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), 1.5% sweet potato, 1% banana, 0.45% caraway (Carum carvi), 0.45% cumin (Cuminum cyminum), 0.25% sage (Salvia officinalis), 0.125% turmeric (Curcuma longa), 0.125% ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Against the range

One cold-pressed recipe on fresh pork, chicken and whole fish, every animal named and percentaged, with no cereal base. Hydrolysed starch binds the pellet and a short run of vegetables, fruit and kitchen spices finishes the list.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

361.3 kcal/100g

Protein

29.5%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

16%

Dry weight

Protein

35.1%

Fat

17.9%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

9.5%

Carbs

35.1%

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

88.4%

Carbs

Veg

Other

4.6%

Pricing & size