Calibra

Calibra Life Adult Large Breed: Chicken review

Name: Calibra Life Adult Large Breed: Chicken
Brand: Calibra

67.6/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A rice-and-meat kibble scaled for big dogs, and both flavours earn our Good band. The joint pair is the reason to look: glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate dosed in print. Fat is held to a measured 14%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed adults, with glucosamine at 260 mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 160 mg/kg
Dogs that hold condition best on moderate fat
A second flavour on standby. Chicken and lamb share the same frame
Careful switchers, since a 100g pack lets a big dog try it first

Worth watching

Hydrolysed chicken liver and unnamed poultry fat in both, so the lamb is no chicken escape route
Salmon oil in each flavour, so neither is fish free

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

How this scores

How we score

67.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed adults. If chicken is the problem at your house, read both labels first: chicken liver is in the lamb too.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 67.6
Lamb 65.1

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Chicken and lamb barely move apart, so pick on your dog's history with each meat.

What's in it

Chicken protein40%Concentrated, so the share survives cooking.
Rice, brewer's rice28%, 8%The starch.
Poultry fat7%No bird named. Preserved with tocopherols.
Dried apple pulp5%
Hydrolysed poultry protein5%Only in this flavour.
Yeasts, hydrolysed chicken liverliver 2%The liver is the flavour engine.
Salmon oil2%The omega source.
Prebiotics: mannan-oligosaccharides, β-glucans, fructo-oligosaccharides120, 100, 70 mg/kg
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate260 and 160 mg/kgThe large breed case, printed with doses.
Rosemary and thyme, Mojave yucca, inactivated Lactobacillus

A full vitamin set plus zinc, iron, manganese, copper and selenium in organic form, each with a printed amount.

Named ingredients

Chicken protein (40 %), rice (28 %), brewer´s rice (8 %), poultry fat (7 %, preserved with tocopherols), apple pulp dried (5 %), hydrolysed poultry protein (5 %), yeasts, hydrolysed chicken liver (2 %), salmon oil (2 %), prebiotics (mannan-oligosaccharides 120 mg/kg, β-glucans 100 mg/kg, fructo-oligosaccharides 70 mg/kg), glucosamine (260 mg/kg), dried rosemary & thyme (200 mg/kg), chondroitine sulphate (160 mg/kg), Mojave yucca (80 mg/kg), Lactobacillus acidophilus HA - 122 inactivated (15 × 109 cells/kg).

Against the range

Meat: Chicken protein 40%, hydrolysed poultry protein 5%; Lamb protein 36% in the lamb.
Rice: 28%, brewer's rice 8%; 34% and 10% in the lamb.
Energy: 375 kcal per 100g; 372 in the lamb.

The meatier of the two flavours.

Two flavours on one frame. Each leads with meat in concentrated protein form, so the declared share survives cooking, and protein converts to 27.5% of dry matter in both. Rice and brewer's rice carry the starch, poultry fat at 7% supplies energy, and hydrolysed chicken liver and salmon oil sit at 2% each in both bags.

Glucosamine at 260 mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 160 mg/kg are printed on both, with a dosed prebiotic set. What changes is the lead meat and how much rice fills behind it.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

6.2%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.8%

Carbs

47%

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

36%

Veg

Oils

Other

Pricing & size