Salters

Salters Senior review

Name: Salters Senior
Brand: Salters

38.6/100Average

DryAdultSenior

The lightest recipe in the Salters range, written for a dog whose walks have shortened while the waistline has not. It delivers a low fat bowl at 344 kcal per 100g. What it does not offer is much protein, the one thing ageing muscle asks for most.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs carrying a little extra, with fat at 10.9% of dry matter
Delicate senior digestions, as cooked maize and rice are undemanding
Mixed households, since the range runs from toy to giant
Fading appetites. Autolysed yeast keeps the flavour up
Owners avoiding artificial colours and preservatives

Worth watching

Protein at 18.5% of dry matter, modest for an older dog holding onto muscle
Maize and rice in the first two places, and maize gluten meal propping up the protein figure
Cellulose fibre high on the list, bulking the kibble without adding much
No trace mineral doses on the label

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

How this scores

How we score

38.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. A genuinely sedentary senior usually needs less than the table suggests, so weigh the food and watch the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Salters Senior 38.6

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Cereal does most of the carrying and the chicken plays a supporting part, and the score reads exactly that.

What's in it

Ground maize, round grain riceThe first two places, and the defining fact: carbohydrate is an estimated 62.1% of dry matter.
Chicken meat meal, spray dried chicken mealDried before it goes in, so the position is a fair reflection of what it adds.
Maize gluten mealPlant protein, which flatters the chicken's contribution a little.
Dried sugar beet pulp, sunflower mealThe beet pulp does the useful fibre work.
Chicken fat
Cellulose fibrePurified plant fibre with almost no calories, so a light dinner still looks like dinner.
Full fat linseed, extra virgin olive oilPlant omega 3, and vitamin E.
Autolysed yeast, dried whole eggFlavour for a wandering appetite, and a little high quality protein.
Natural seaweedIodine and trace minerals.
Vitamins and mineralsNo doses published.

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

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

One low fat senior kibble: ground maize and rice first, two dried chicken meals behind them, then a tail of linseed, olive oil, dried whole egg and seaweed. No dosed additive panel is published.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

344.4 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

17%

Fat

10%

Fibre

3.9%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

18.5%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

4.2%

Ash

4.3%

Carbs

62.1%

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

25.6%

Carbs

70.7%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

1.5%

Other

2.2%

Pricing & size