Calibra

Calibra Life Adult Medium Breed: Lamb review

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

67.1/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A meat-and-rice kibble sized for middleweight dogs, with the chicken in our Excellent band and the lamb a step behind in Good. Both put a dried, named protein at the top of the label, which is why protein converts well. The gut package prints its doses as well as its names, which most kibbles skip.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium-breed adults, with kibble and guides built around dogs from 10kg to 30kg
A named animal protein leading the label, at 42% or 38%
Stomachs that appreciate support, with prebiotics and yeasts itemised beside a Lactobacillus strain
Cautious switchers. A 100g taster bag lets you trial a flavour first

Worth watching

Poultry fat, chicken liver and salmon oil in both recipes, so neither suits a chicken or fish exclusion, the lamb included
The chicken is the more energy dense, so watch portions on a dog whose main exercise is following you to the kitchen

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

How this scores

How we score

67.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium breed adults. If you are switching to the lamb to get away from chicken, check the list first: poultry fat and chicken liver stay on it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Chicken 70.3
Lamb 67.1

Two recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The chicken takes the lead on our scoring, so it is the one to buy unless your dog does better on lamb.

What's in it

Lamb protein38%Concentrated, with the water already out.
Rice32%More rice than the chicken recipe.
Poultry fat10%Bird fat on a lamb recipe, species not named.
Brewer's rice8%
Dried apple pulp, yeasts4% (apple)
Hydrolysed chicken liver2%Means this is not chicken free.
Salmon oil2%
MOS, beta-glucans, FOS120, 100, 70 mg/kgSlightly lower doses than the chicken.
Rosemary and thyme, Mojave yucca, inactivated Lactobacillus acidophilus200 mg/kg, 80 mg/kg

A full vitamin set including C and choline, with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and selenium in organic chelated forms, each dose printed.

Poultry fat and hydrolysed chicken liver are on the list, so lamb is the lead meat but not the only animal.

Named ingredients

Lamb protein (38 %), rice (32 %), poultry fat (10 %, preserved with tocopherols), brewer´s rice (8 %), apple pulp dried (4 %), yeasts, hydrolysed chicken liver (2 %), salmon oil (2 %), prebiotics (mannan-oligosaccharides 120 mg/kg, β-glucans 100 mg/kg, fructo-oligosaccharides 70 mg/kg), dried rosemary & thyme (200 mg/kg), Mojave yucca (80 mg/kg), Lactobacillus acidophilus HA - 122 inactivated (15 × 109 cells/kg).

Against the range

Fat: 16%, 382 kcal per 100g; 18% and 398 on the chicken.
Rice: 32%; 24% on the chicken.
Bag sizes: Also a 20kg bag; The chicken stops at 12kg.

The gentler of the pair, and the switch to make when chicken flavours have worn thin.

Both recipes open with a concentrated named protein, chicken at 42% or lamb at 38%, with rice and brewer's rice carrying the starch. Poultry fat, hydrolysed chicken liver at 2% and salmon oil at 2% run through both, so chicken and fish are in each bag whatever the front says.

The gut package is the same in both: MOS, beta-glucans and FOS with printed doses, plus an inactivated Lactobacillus culture. Every trace mineral is chelated. What varies is richness, with the chicken at 18% fat and 398 kcal per 100g and the lamb at 16% and 382.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.7%

Fat

17.6%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

41.7%

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

40%

Carbs

40%

Veg

Oils

12%

Other

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £4.31 (RRP)
Pack: 100g, 2.5kg, 12kg, 20 kg (sold under the trade name "Calibra Dog Breeder Adult Medium Lamb 20kg" - https://calibrastore.co.uk/products/calibra-dog-breeder-adult-medium-lamb-20kg)
A 15kg dog eats: 170 g a day
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £0.73

Middle of the market for a dry food, with the price running a little ahead of what the analysis shows.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.