Salters

Salters Maintenance review

Name: Salters Maintenance
Brand: Salters

46/100Average

DryAdult

An everyday chicken and cereal kibble for a settled adult, and it lands in our Average band. Ground maize is the first ingredient, which is most of the story behind the score. Below it sits a better tail than you would expect: linseed, olive oil, seaweed and dried whole egg.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A settled adult with a walk, a nap and a predictable day
Multi-dog homes. One bag is listed for toy breeds through to giants
Dogs that handle cereal easily, as cooked maize and round grain rice do most of the binding
Owners avoiding artificial colours and preservatives, which Salters rules out for the whole range
Dogs that need calories kept in check: fat converts to 15.2% of dry matter

Worth watching

Ground maize first, so the largest single share of the bowl is cereal
Maize gluten meal lifts the declared protein without matching meat for quality
Protein at 25.0% of dry matter is on the gentle side for an owner after a meatier bowl
No dosed vitamin and mineral panel, so trace levels cannot be read off the label

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

How this scores

How we score

46/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, from toy breeds to giants. Carbohydrate runs high, so weigh the portions on a dog that holds condition easily.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Salters Maintenance 46.0

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The cereal at the head of the label explains most of where this lands, though the small entries further down are chosen with more care than the opening suggests.

What's in it

Ground maizeFirst on the list, so cereal is the biggest share of the bowl.
Chicken meat mealAlready dried, so its place on the label is an honest one.
Round grain riceCooked, it digests easily.
Spray dried chicken meal, chicken fatThe second chicken entry, again dried.
Maize gluten meal, sunflower mealPlant protein from milling, used to raise the protein figure. Read the declared protein with a little discount.
Dried sugar beet pulpThe main fibre, and a fair choice for a steady gut.
Full fat linseed, extra virgin olive oilPlant omega 3 from the linseed; vitamin E and antioxidants from the olive oil.
Autolysed yeast, natural seaweed, dried whole eggYeast for flavour, seaweed for iodine, egg for a little very usable protein.
Cellulose fibrePurified plant bulk with almost nothing else in it.
Vitamins and minerals

No dosed additive panel is published, so the trace mineral doses cannot be checked.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

A single chicken and cereal kibble for adults on a maintenance routine. Ground maize leads the label and chicken meat meal follows, with a second dried chicken entry fourth, so meat and cereal alternate down the top of the list. No dosed additive panel is published.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

14%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

4.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

Ash

4.9%

Carbs

51.9%

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

34.6%

Carbs

59.1%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

4.3%

Other

1.8%

Pricing & size