Almo Nature Life Maintenance Large Adult Salmon & Rice

2 prices from Zooplus UK

Almo Nature Life Maintenance Large Adult Salmon & Rice

DryCompleteAdultContains grain
37/ 100
WeakTop 28% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

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.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Fresh salmon [natural source of omega-3] (26%)Named meat26%
maizeGrainNot given
riceGrainNot given
wholegrain rice flourGrainNot given
dried tuna (10%)Named meat10%
dried chicken (6.6%)Named meat6.6%
dried beef (3.3%)Named meat3.3%
chicken fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientPart of the item above
hydrolysed animal proteinOtherNot given
beet pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
yeastOtherNot given
mineralsOtherNot given
mannan-oligosaccharides (0.1%)Other0.1%
chicory inulin [source of FOS] (0.1%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.1%
glucosamine (0.02%)Other0.02%
chondroitin sulphate (0.01%).Other0.01%

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Nutrition

Protein 28% and carbs about 46%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein25%28%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat14%15%
Carbohydrate~42%~46%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.5%2.7%
Ash7.7%8.5%
Moisture9%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.

Energy353 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 37

The kind of meat scored best (10.1 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.7 of 20).

  1. 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%.

  2. How much starch?

    4.7 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 45.9% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for hydrolysed protein.

  4. 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

Top 28% of dry foods. 37 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 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.

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Ingredient notes

1 noted: hydrolysed proteins. 33 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 33 nothing flagged
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

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

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg · £106.99 down 2% since 10 AugEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£106.99£4.46/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK12kg · £54.39 down 2% since 10 Aug12kg£54.39£4.53/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 2%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK12kg£54.39£4.53/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£106.99£4.46/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK12kg£54.39£4.53/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£106.99£4.46/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK12kg£55.49£4.62/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£109.49£4.56/kg

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Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 14 to 23 points higher and cost up to 23% more.

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Carbs
about 8% this food about 46%
To feed
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Meat
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Carbs
about 24% this food about 46%
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Carbs
about 27% this food about 46%
To feed
about the same per 1,000 kcal

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Meat
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Carbs
about 30% this food about 46%
To feed
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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.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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