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Autarky Adult Grain Free Dry: Tasty White Fish & Potato review

Name: Autarky Adult Grain Free Dry: Tasty White Fish & Potato
Brand: Autarky

63.7/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain free pair that lands in our Good band, with the cereals swapped for potato, pea starch and sweet potato. The meat is declared in two parts, meal plus fresh, with a percentage on each. Both carbohydrate estimates come in under the typical adult dry food, which not every grain free recipe manages.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that struggle with cereals
Hard-working joints. Glucosamine and green lipped mussel are both on the label
Protein trials, as each variety keeps its meat to one named animal
Sensitive stomachs, with beet pulp and a postbiotic brewer's yeast in the mix

Worth watching

Green lipped mussel in both, a trace but still shellfish
The white fish never names its species

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

How this scores

How we score

63.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. If shellfish is on your dog's avoid list, the mussel rules out both recipes.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

White Fish

The score, in context

Tantalising Turkey 65.9
Tasty White Fish 63.7

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The turkey edges the fish on balance and transparency, and the two-part meat declarations do much of the honest work for both.

What's in it

Fish: white fish meal, freshly prepared fishmin 26%, 8%Species not named.
Potato, pea starch, sweet potato
Rapeseed oil, fish oilThe fat, with no poultry anywhere in the recipe.
Unmolassed beet pulp, peas
Brewer's yeast0.45%Postbiotic source.
Alfalfa, carrots
Marine algaeDHA.
Glucosamine, green lipped musselJoint support, undosed.
Carob, seaweed, milk thistle and a long run of herbs

The white fish is never pinned to a species, so one particular fish cannot be confirmed from the bag.

Named ingredients

Fish (min 26% white fish meal and 8% freshly prepared fish), Potato, Pea starch, Sweet potato, Rapeseed oil, Fish oil, Unmolassed beet pulp, Peas, Brewer's yeast (source of postbiotics, 0.45%), Alfalfa, Carrots, Minerals, Marine algae (source of omega 3 fatty acid DHA), Carob pod meal, Glucosamine, Seaweed, Milk thistle, Turmeric, Marigold, Nettle, Mint, Fenugreek, Olive extract, Yucca schidigera, Thyme, Aniseed, Dandelion, Green lipped mussel, Rosemary, Blackcurrant, Ginger, Oregano, Pomegranate.

Against the range

Meat: 26% white fish meal, 8% fresh fish; The turkey adds 14% fresh.
Poultry: None; Turkey and turkey fat in the other.
Nutritional balance: Average; Good in the turkey.

The poultry-free choice of the pair, a step behind the turkey on paper.

Each recipe declares its animal content in two parts: a 26% meal plus a freshly prepared share, 14% for the turkey and 8% for the fish. Potato, pea starch and sweet potato carry the starch in place of grain. Both convert to 29.7% protein in dry matter.

Marine algae supplies DHA in both, and glucosamine sits beside green lipped mussel for the joints, neither with a printed dose. Unmolassed beet pulp and brewer's yeast at 0.45% look after the gut. A long botanical tail from turmeric to oregano is seasoning.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

343.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.7%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

43.4%

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

37.5%

Carbs

55.1%

Veg

0.9%

Oils

5.5%

Other

0.9%

Pricing & size