Vale Pet Foods

Vale Pet Foods Complete: Succlent Salmon review

Name: Vale Pet Foods Complete: Succlent Salmon
Brand: Vale Pet Foods

69.6/100Good

DryPuppyAdult

Flavour

Both recipes land in our Good band, level with the typical adult dry food, and the reason is the label. One named animal makes up half of each recipe, with its fresh, dried and stock parts written out separately. Calcium is printed too, which happens less often than it should.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want to read a whole ingredient list in seconds
Dogs eating one animal at a time: turkey alone in one bag, only fish in the other
A puppy and an older dog in the same house, as both labels cover every life stage
Large-breed puppies. Calcium is printed, 1.2% of dry matter on the salmon and 1.52% on the turkey
A rumbling gut, with FOS at 96 mg/kg and MOS at 24 mg/kg on both bags

Worth watching

An omega 3 supplement with no source given, the one line to ask about on an exclusion diet
Sweet potato and peas take a fair slice of the bowl
Salmon and trout together in the fish recipe, so it will not isolate one species

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

How this scores

How we score

69.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. The label guide runs from 145 to 240 grams for a dog between 10kg and 20kg, so let the waistline decide where yours sits.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Succlent Salmon 69.6
Tremendous Turkey 65.9

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The salmon scores a little higher while the turkey reads slightly better on the analysis, and neither gap is wide enough to choose on.

What's in it

Salmon and trout: freshly prepared salmon and trout, dried salmon, salmon stock50% (36%, 12%, 2%)Every scrap of animal content is fish. The dried share is what comes through the oven intact.
Sweet potato24%More fibre and vitamin A than common potato.
Peas9%
Potato
Beet pulpFermentable fibre, the kind that firms up a stool.
LinseedPlant omega 3, slower for a dog to convert than fish oil.
Omega 3 supplementSource not named, so marine or plant is unclear.
Minerals, asparagusasparagus 0.3%Asparagus is garnish, honestly marked.
FOS, MOS96 mg/kg, 24 mg/kgPrebiotics, dosed in print.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese and iodine as sulphates and iodate; no copper or selenium is listed.

Salmon and trout share the fish content, so this will not isolate one species in a trial.

Named ingredients

Salmon & Trout 50% (including Freshly Prepared Salmon & Trout 36%, Dried Salmon 12%, Salmon Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (24%), Peas (9%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Asparagus (0.3%), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/ kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: Salmon and trout, 12% dried; Turkey alone, 20% dried.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 46.7%; 44.6% on the turkey.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.2%; 1.52% on the turkey.
Trace elements: No copper or selenium listed; The turkey lists both.

The pick for a dog off land meats, with the shorter additive panel as the trade.

Both recipes declare 50% of one animal and split it into fresh, dried and stock shares on the label. Sweet potato binds them, followed by peas at 9%, potato and beet pulp. Linseed and an unnamed omega 3 supplement carry the fats, FOS and MOS are dosed in print, and calcium is declared on both. What varies is the fish or the bird, the size of the dried share, a token botanical and the length of the trace element panel.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

367 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

12%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

46.7%

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

48%

Added water

Carbs

45.6%

Other

4.4%

Pricing & size