Salters

Salters Puppy review

Name: Salters Puppy
Brand: Salters

61.3/100Good

DryPuppy

A traditional puppy kibble that keeps to the classics and does them properly. Two chicken meals open the label, maize and rice carry the starch, and dried whole egg adds a second animal protein. Calcium at 1.41% of dry matter sits where a growing skeleton wants it, which makes the toy-to-giant claim a fair one.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups headed for a big adult size, with calcium inside the range growth needs
Pups that do well on chicken: two meals up top and the fat named to the same bird
Households happy to feed grain
Owners who prefer natural preservation, with a vitamin E extract in place of artificial antioxidants

Worth watching

Dried whole egg beside the chicken, so not a single animal protein
Maize gluten meal tops up protein from a plant, which a pup sensitive to cereal protein may not take well
No percentages on any ingredient, so the meat share is taken on trust

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

How this scores

How we score

61.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyAverage

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Portions climb week by week then ease as growth slows, so weigh the bowl against the pack's growth chart.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Salters Puppy 61.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

What goes into the bag is sound; how little the label commits to print is what holds it back.

What's in it

Chicken meat meal, spray dried chicken mealDry before mixing, so a kilo carries far more protein into the kibble than fresh meat would. No percentages given.
Ground maize, round grain riceA conventional grain-inclusive build.
Chicken fatNamed to the bird, not left as anonymous animal fat.
Maize gluten mealPlant protein to lift the figure. Watch it on a pup prone to itchy skin.
Dried whole eggAbout as digestible as animal protein gets.
Dried sugar beet pulp, cellulose fibreGentle mixed fibre from the beet pulp; the cellulose is purified bulk.
Full fat linseed, sunflower mealLinseed brings plant omega 3.
Extra virgin olive oil, autolysed yeastOlive oil is an unusual find in a kibble.
Natural seaweed, vitamins and mineralsSeaweed for iodine.

No additives panel is published, so the vitamin and mineral doses cannot be read.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

One traditional growth kibble with its meat in as meal: two chicken meals, then maize and rice, with chicken fat named to the same bird. No ingredient carries a percentage and no additives panel is published.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

380.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27.8%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.2%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

40.4%

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

63.4%

Carbs

31.7%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

3.8%

Other

Pricing & size