A La Carte Grain Free Dog Food Review

David D'Angelo 21384 6

8

Good mix of ingredients.

Well priced.

A La Carte has been around a while with a selection of decent grain-based foods. They’re an Australian company known more to breeders who buy in bulk, and as a formula it’s a good mix of affordability versus ingredients.

For this review we’ll take a look at their grain-free range, specifically Chicken, Lentils, and Seaweed.

A La Carte grain-free review

It’s great to see a high protein of 30% and fat of 15%, as high protein and fat equals lower carbohydrates (aka sugars). I estimate 35% carbs, whereas many supermarket kibbles are 50%+.

Although some of the protein comes from plant ingredients, I see protein as the better option for your dog than carbohydrates from grains.

Dried chicken is the first ingredient – what your dog will benefit from the most – but we need to consider the top four or five ingredients to be relatively equal. These include potato, green peas, chickpeas, and sweet potato. It’s nice to see a variety, but it’s good to be aware this is a legume-based kibble.

A La Carte grain-free I would class as being in the affordable dog food bracket (link to best rated affordable dog foods), all of which I would suggest bulking up the diet with some fresh meats, organs, and raw meaty bones to account for the lower meat content in these foods compared to more expensive brands.

There’s some really nice ingredients in the A La Carte dog foods, with eggs as a great source of nutrients (nature’s best digestible protein source!), and fish oil and salmon meal as a source of omega fatty acids for healthy joints and coat.

The inclusion of probiotics is a welcome addition to help your dog digest their food better.

Overall I would class A La Carte grain free as a decent mid-range dog food. If you want slightly more meat then Black Hawk would be worth looking at as a similar priced Australian brand.

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Ingredients

Ingredients of A La Carte Grain Free dog food:

Dried chicken, potato, green peas, chick peas, sweet potato, chicken fat, lentils, beet pulp, salmon meal, dried egg powder, tomato pomace, fish oil, digest, algae, salt, natural antioxidant, Dicalcium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Lacto Bac Plus (Probiotics), vitamins and minerals, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Biotin, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Niacin Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (B6), Thiamine Mononitrate (B1), Vitamin B12 Riboflavin Supplement, DL-Methionine, Folic Acid, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate, Glucosamine, Chondroitin.