Calibra

Calibra Life Fresh Beef Senior Medium review

Name: Calibra Life Fresh Beef Senior Medium
Brand: Calibra

68/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A Good-band senior kibble for mid-sized dogs, with beef in two forms making up half the declared recipe. What sets it apart is the senior layer: a printed joint dose, two prebiotics and a postbiotic culture, all with their amounts on the label.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium breed seniors, the dogs it is portioned and balanced for
Dogs starting to stiffen up. Glucosamine is printed at 310 mg/kg and chondroitin at 210 mg/kg
Dogs that get on with beef, the only meat in it
Older stomachs that need some help, with MOS, FOS and an inactivated Lactobacillus culture
Busy older dogs that still want a food that keeps up

Worth watching

Salmon oil at 2%, so it is not fish free despite the beef name
Egg shell as the calcium source, worth knowing for an egg-allergic dog
Rice level with the beef at 26%, so carbohydrate runs moderate

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

How this scores

How we score

68/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of medium size. The 170 grams a day for a 15kg dog comes from the bag's own table, so treat it as a starting point and portion to condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Calibra Life Fresh Beef Senior Medium 68.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A food doing most things well without leaning on one trick, held back mainly by an Average showing on nutritional balance.

What's in it

Beef protein26%Dried, so it keeps its weight through cooking and carries most of the protein.
Fresh beef26%Mostly water by weight; it earns its place on taste.
Rice26%The only grain, level with each beef ingredient.
Dried apple pulp10%Fibre for stool quality.
Beef fat5%Named, and preserved with tocopherols.
Hydrolysed yeasts3%A palatant, from the same yeast family prebiotics come from.
Salmon oil2%Tops up omega 3. The one fish ingredient in a beef recipe.
Egg shells, pea flour1%, undeclaredEgg shell is the calcium source.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, MOS, FOS310 to 70 mg/kgThe joint pair and two prebiotics, each dose printed.
Milk thistle seed, blackcurrant, herbs, yucca, Lactobacillus helveticus0.4% and below

Every trace mineral (zinc, iron, manganese, copper, selenium) comes in an organic form with its dose printed, alongside a full vitamin set.

Named ingredients

Beef protein (26 %), fresh beef (26 %), rice (26 %), dried apple pulp (10 %), beef fat (preserved with tocopherols, 5 %), hydrolysed yeasts (3 %), salmon oil (2 %), egg shells (a source of calcium, 1 %), pea flour, milk thistle seed (0.4 %), dried blackcurrant (0.2 %), glucosamine (310 mg/kg), chondroitine sulphate (210 mg/kg), mannan-oligosaccharides (120 mg/kg), dried rosemary (100 mg/kg), dried thyme (100 mg/kg), Mojave yucca (80 mg/kg), fructo-oligosaccharides (70 mg/kg), inactivated bacteria and parts thereof (Lactobacillus helveticus HA - 122, 15 x 109 cells/kg).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

5.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.6%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.4%

Carbs

48.5%

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

54.1%

Carbs

27.4%

Veg

10%

Oils

3.6%

Other

4.8%

Pricing & size