AATU Salmon Dry Dog Food

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AATU Salmon Dry Dog Food

DryCompleteAdultGrain-freeFish oil
57/ 100
FairTop 3% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 28 Sep 2026

Good points

  • 80% meat
  • One animal protein: fish
  • No ingredient deductions

First ingredients: Salmon (64%), Dried Salmon (16%), Sweet Potato, Peas, Apple… All ingredients

Label taken from the maker’s website
Meat
80%
Protein, dry weight
34%
Carbs, dry weight
~31%
kcal/100 g
375

Ingredients

Listed first: Salmon. 80% of the recipe is declared meat.

Salmon (64%), Dried Salmon (16%), Sweet Potato, Peas, Apple, Chickpeas, Salmon Oil, Minerals, Sunflower Oil, Glucosamine 178mg/kg, Methylsulfonylmethane 178 mg/kg, Chondroitin 125 mg/kg, Tapioca, Lucerne, Cranberry, Pear, Blueberry, Mulberry, Orange, Bilberry, Cowberry, Carrot, Tomato, Chicory, Parsley, Peppermint, Spirulina, Seaweed, Oregano, Sage, Marjoram, Thyme, Chamomile, Rosehip, Stinging Nettle, Yucca, Marigold, Aniseed, Fenugreek, Cinnamon

Meat named animal protein

From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.

Additives

per kg: Vitamins: Vitamin A (Retinyl Acetate) 18,000 IU, Vitamin E (Rac-alpha Tocopherol Acetate) 200 mg, L-Carnitine 200 mg. Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc chelate of glycine hydrate) 65 mg, Iron (as Iron (ll) chelate of glycine hydrate) 60 mg, Copper (as Copper (II) chelate of glycine hydrate) 7 mg, Manganese (as Manganese chelate of glycine hydrate) 6 mg, Iodine (as Calcium iodate anhydrous) 1.5 mg. Gut Flora Stabilisers: Bacillus Subtilis C-3102 (DSM 15544) 1.0 x 109 CFU.

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Salmon”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Salmon (64%)Named meat64%
Dried Salmon (16%)Named meat16%
Sweet PotatoVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
PeasVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
AppleVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
ChickpeasVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Salmon OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
MineralsOtherNot given
Sunflower OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Glucosamine 178mg/kgOtherNot given
Methylsulfonylmethane 178 mg/kgOtherNot given
Chondroitin 125 mg/kgOtherNot given
TapiocaVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
LucerneOtherNot given
CranberryVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
PearVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
BlueberryVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
MulberryOtherNot given
OrangeVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
BilberryOtherNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 34% and carbs about 31%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein31%34%
above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat20%22%
Carbohydrate~28%~31%
below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.4%2.7%
Ash9%10%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy375 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 57

The kind of meat scored best (11.3 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (6 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    30.4 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label28 / 35 points

      80% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level2.4 / 10 points

      Protein is 34.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    9.8 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 30.7% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    11.3 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed11.3 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 94% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.

    • Organ meat0 / 3 points

      No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Top 3% of dry foods. 4 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

How we rate foods →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 31% to 19% by dry weight, and protein is about 45%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

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Ingredient notes

6 noted, none cost points: chamomile, marjoram, mint and 3 more. 38 flagged nothing.

  • 6 noted
  • 38 nothing flagged
  • 3 not in our ingredient database yet
38 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, aniseed, apples, blueberries, carrot, chickpeas, chicory root extract, chondroitin, cinnamon, citrus pulp, cranberries, fenugreek, glucosamine, l-carnitine, marigold meal, minerals, MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), nettle, pear, peas, rosehips, sage, salmon, salmon oil, seaweed, spirulina, sunflower oil, sweet potato, tapioca, thyme, tocopherols (vitamin E), tomato

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients
3 not in our ingredient database yet

Bilberry, cowberry, mulberry

Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

One shop we track sells this: AATU. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
AATU10kg · £99.9910kg£99.99£10.00/kgCheapest in stockVisit
AATU5kg · £58.995kg£58.99£11.80/kgVisit
AATU1.5kg · £23.991.5kg£23.99£15.99/kgVisit
3 out of stock
Shops where this is out of stock
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
AATU10kg · £49.79Out of stock10kg£49.79£4.98/kgVisit
AATU10kg · £49.99Out of stock10kg£49.99£5.00/kgVisit
AATU1.5kg · £11.99Out of stock1.5kg£11.99£7.99/kgVisit

Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026AATU1.5kg£11.99 (out of stock)£7.99/kg
4 Oct 2026AATU10kg£49.79 (out of stock)£4.98/kg
4 Oct 2026AATU5kg£58.99£11.80/kg
28 Sep 2026AATU1.5kg£11.99 (out of stock)£7.99/kg
28 Sep 2026AATU10kg£49.79 (out of stock)£4.98/kg
28 Sep 2026AATU5kg£58.99£11.80/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

1 dry food scores 6 points higher at the same price or less.

Compare side by side →
Meat
78.5% this food 80%
Carbs
about 22% this food about 31%
To feed
4% less per 1,000 kcal

+6 points

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Taken from the maker’s page, checked 28 Sep 2026.

From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 28 Sep 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: AATU (the maker).

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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