Calibra

Calibra Life Adult Large Breed: Lamb review

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

65.1/100Good

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

65.1/100Good

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

Lamb

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

Lamb protein36%Concentrated, so the share survives cooking.
Rice, brewer's rice34%, 10%Rises to fill the gap the lower meat share leaves.
Poultry fat7%No bird named.
Dried apple pulp5%
Yeasts
Hydrolysed chicken liver2%Chicken in a lamb recipe.
Salmon oil2%
Prebiotics: mannan-oligosaccharides, β-glucans, fructo-oligosaccharides120, 100, 70 mg/kg
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate260 and 160 mg/kgDosed in print.
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.

Hydrolysed chicken liver and poultry fat mean this is not chicken free.

Named ingredients

Lamb protein (36 %), rice (34 %), brewer´s rice (10 %), poultry fat (7 %, preserved with tocopherols), apple pulp dried (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: Lamb protein 36%; Chicken protein 40% plus 5% hydrolysed poultry in the chicken.
Rice: 34%, brewer's rice 10%; 28% and 8% in the chicken.
Energy: 372 kcal per 100g; 375 in the chicken.

The obvious one to try if chicken has fallen out of favour, with the chicken liver caveat still standing.

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

372 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

14%

Fibre

3.2%

Ash

6.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.5%

Carbs

46.1%

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

38%

Carbs

44%

Veg

Oils

Other

Pricing & size