Salters

Salters Energy review

Name: Salters Energy
Brand: Salters

63.2/100Good

DryAdult

A chicken kibble for dogs that use their calories, and it starts the way an energy food should. Two dried chicken meals open the list ahead of any cereal, so the top of the label matches the finished kibble closely. The tail carries better extras than most working recipes: full fat linseed, extra virgin olive oil, dried whole egg and seaweed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that work or play hard all day, with fat at 21.7% of dry matter
Owners who look for dried meat high on a label
Dogs that handle grain well. Rice and maize do the binding
Households with dogs of very different sizes, from toy to giant
Owners who prefer natural preservation and no artificial colours

Worth watching

Maize gluten meal and cellulose fibre add bulk: plant protein and purified fibre, not more meat
Dried whole egg is a second animal source beside the chicken
Dense at 395 kcal per 100g, so a quiet week needs a smaller bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

63.2/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyAverage

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A working dog will likely need more than the 15kg guide of 210 grams a day, so treat that as a floor and let condition decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Salters Energy 63.2

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The dried chicken at the front lifts it; maize gluten meal, cellulose and the missing additive panel stop it climbing further.

What's in it

Chicken meat meal, spray dried chicken mealMeal goes in already dry, so none of the shrinkage a fresh meat headline hides.
Round grain rice, ground maizeOpenly a cereal recipe, easy going for most dogs.
Chicken fat
Maize gluten mealA milling by-product that tops up the protein figure. Dogs get less from plant protein than from meat.
Dried sugar beet pulpThe useful fibre.
Full fat linseed, sunflower mealLinseed brings plant omega 3.
Dried whole eggHighly usable protein, and a second animal source.
Extra virgin olive oil, autolysed yeastOlive oil is a rare sight in a kibble.
Cellulose fibreBulk for the kibble, nothing for the dog.
Natural seaweed, vitamins and mineralsSeaweed covers iodine and a spread of trace minerals.

No dosed additive panel, so no zinc or copper figures to read.

Named ingredients

Chicken Meat Meal, Spray Dried Chicken Meal, Round Grain Rice, Ground Maize, Chicken Fat, Maize Gluten Meal, Dried Sugar Beet Pulp, Full Fat Linseed, Sunflower Meal, Dried Whole Egg, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeast (Autolyzed), Cellulose Fibre, Natural Seaweed, Vitamins and Minerals.

Against the range

One chicken kibble for active dogs, opening with two dried chicken meals ahead of rice and maize. No dosed additive panel is published; the maker states that a natural vitamin E extract preserves it and no artificial colours go in.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

395 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

20%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

5.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

21.7%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

Carbs

38.4%

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

61.7%

Carbs

32.8%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

4.5%

Other

0.9%

Pricing & size