Calibra

Calibra Expert Nutrition City review

Name: Calibra Expert Nutrition City
Brand: Calibra

67.4/100Good

DryAdult

A chicken and rice kibble written for town dogs, with moderate fat and energy that almost exactly matches the typical dry food. What sets it apart is the length of the functional tail, every item dosed in print. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose exercise is pavements, parks and a long nap
Steady urban routines, matched by fat at 12%
Chicken-fed dogs: chicken protein leads at 35%, with hydrolysed chicken adding 10%
Owners who want gut and joint extras dosed properly
A full vitamin and mineral panel, itemised

Worth watching

Poultry fat with no species given, a gap for a strict chicken-only plan
Salmon oil at 2%, so not fish free
Rice and brewer's rice make up a large share of the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

67.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. A 15kg dog starts at 180 grams a day on the label's table; let body condition decide from there.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Calibra Expert Nutrition City 67.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A conventional construction done carefully, scoring on breadth across the label more than any one headline.

What's in it

Chicken protein35%The named lead protein, at a real percentage.
Rice30%
Chicken protein hydrolysed10%Broken into small fragments, mostly for digestibility and flavour.
Brewer's rice8%Broken grain from milling, a plainer cut of the same ingredient.
Poultry fat5%Could come from any bird, the one gap in a well named list.
Dried apple pulp, yeasts4%Gentle fruit fibre.
Salmon oil, hydrolysed chicken liver2% eachMarine omega 3s from the oil.
Fulvic acid0.5%A plant-derived organic acid Calibra uses across this range.
Prebiotics, glucosamine, chondroitin, yucca260 mg/kg down to 100 mg/kgMOS, beta-glucans and FOS for the gut, a moderate joint pairing, and yucca for stool odour.
Rosemary and thyme, Lactobacillus acidophilus (inactivated)250 mg/kg

A deep vitamin panel with vitamin C at 300 mg and L-carnitine at 250 mg, and organic trace minerals, each with a printed dose.

Named ingredients

Chicken protein (35 %), rice (30 %), chicken protein hydrolysed (10 %), brewer´s rice (8 %), poultry fat (5 %, preserved with tocopherols), apple pulp dried (4 %), yeasts, salmon oil (2 %), hydrolysed chicken liver (2 %), fulvic acid (0.5 %), prebiotics (mannan-oligosaccharides 150 mg/kg, β-glucans 120 mg/kg, fructo-oligosaccharides 100 mg/kg), glucosamine (260 mg/kg), dried rosemary & thyme (250 mg/kg), chondroitine sulphate (160 mg/kg), Mojave yucca (100 mg/kg), Lactobacillus acidophilus HA - 122 inactivated (15 × 109 cells/kg).

Against the range

One chicken and rice kibble. Chicken protein at 35% leads, hydrolysed chicken and liver add 12% more, and rice with brewer's rice carry the starch. Poultry fat is the one unnamed source. A long functional tail follows: prebiotics, an inactivated probiotic culture, a joint pairing and yucca, all with printed doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

358 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.8%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

43.9%

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

47%

Carbs

38%

Veg

Oils

Other

Pricing & size