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Almo Nature Life Maintenance Large Adult Salmon & Rice
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- About 46% carbs (dry weight)
- Some meat not named by animal
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: Fresh salmon [natural source of omega-3] (26%), maize, rice, wholegrain rice flour, dried tuna (10%)… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 45.9%
- Protein, dry weight
- 28%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~46%
- kcal/100 g
- 353
Ingredients
Listed first: Fresh salmon. 45.9% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 45.9%
- Other 0.2%
- No amount given 53.9%
Fresh salmon [natural source of omega-3] (26%), maize, rice, wholegrain rice flour, dried tuna (10%), dried chicken (6.6%), dried beef (3.3%), chicken fat, hydrolysed animal protein, beet pulp, yeast, minerals, mannan-oligosaccharides (0.1%), chicory inulin [source of FOS] (0.1%), glucosamine (0.02%), chondroitin sulphate (0.01%)
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (17,500 IU), vitamin D3 (750 IU), vitamin E (300mg), vitamin B1 (12mg), vitamin B2 (14 mg/kg), vitamin B6 (12mg), vitamin B12 (0.15mg), vitamin K3 (1mg), folic acid (1mg), calcium-D-pantothenate (20mg), biotin (0.5mg), niacin (25mg), choline chloride (2135mg), iodine [calcium iodate granules, anhydrous: 1.64 mg] (1.07mg), copper [cupric sulphate pentahydrate: 15.96mg, copper chelate of amino acid hydrate: 16.87mg] (4.78mg), manganese [manganous sulphate monohydrate: 20.67mg] (6.71mg), zinc [zinc sulphate monohydrate: 125.74mg, zinc chelate of hydrolysed proteins: 151.37mg] (52.5mg), selenium [organic selenium: 11.38mg] (0.03mg), L-carnitine (50mg).
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Fresh salmon”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh salmon [natural source of omega-3] (26%) | Named meat | 26% |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| wholegrain rice flour | Grain | Not given |
| dried tuna (10%) | Named meat | 10% |
| dried chicken (6.6%) | Named meat | 6.6% |
| dried beef (3.3%) | Named meat | 3.3% |
| chicken fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Part of the item above |
| hydrolysed animal protein | Other | Not given |
| beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| yeast | Other | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| mannan-oligosaccharides (0.1%) | Other | 0.1% |
| chicory inulin [source of FOS] (0.1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
| glucosamine (0.02%) | Other | 0.02% |
| chondroitin sulphate (0.01%). | Other | 0.01% |
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Nutrition
Protein 28% and carbs about 46%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 25% | 28% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 14% | 15% |
| Carbohydrate | ~42% | ~46% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.7% |
| Ash | 7.7% | 8.5% |
| Moisture | 9% | 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.
Why it scores 37
The kind of meat scored best (10.1 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.7 of 20).
How much meat?
17.4 / 45 points- Meat on the label16.1 / 35 points
45.9% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.3 / 10 points
Protein is 27.5% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
4.7 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 45.9% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
10.1 / 15 points- How the meat is listed10.1 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, dried and unnamed hydrolysed, which earns 84% 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
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 46% to 29% by dry weight, and protein is about 40%.
Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.
Best wet foods →Ingredient notes
1 noted: hydrolysed proteins. 33 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 33 nothing flagged
- Hydrolysed proteinsCounted in “How processed?”Feed material (protein source)
A protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
33 ingredients with nothing flagged
Beef, beet pulp, biotin (vitamin H/B7), chicken, chicory root extract, choline chloride, chondroitin, fish, folic acid (folate), glucosamine, l-carnitine, maize (corn), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), menadione (vitamin K3), minerals, niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), poultry fat, rice, salmon, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: selenium
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Biotin (vitamin H/B7), chicory root extract, choline chloride, chondroitin, fish, folic acid (folate), glucosamine, l-carnitine, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), poultry fat, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), yeast, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc, selenium
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Beef, beet pulp, chicken, chicory root extract, fish, maize (corn), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, poultry fat, rice, salmon, yeast
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- EFSA FEEDAP 2025 (PMC12699196)Menadione (vitamin K3)
- EFSA J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Menadione (vitamin K3)
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Down 2% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 2%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £54.39 | £4.53/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £106.99 | £4.46/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £54.39 | £4.53/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £106.99 | £4.46/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £55.49 | £4.62/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £109.49 | £4.56/kg |
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.
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