Calibra

Calibra Life Fresh Beef Senior Small review

Name: Calibra Life Fresh Beef Senior Small
Brand: Calibra

69.2/100Good

DryAdultSenior

The brand's senior beef formula fitted to little dogs, and in our Good band. Dried beef protein and fresh beef together make up over half the declared list. The senior extras are printed with their doses, not implied.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breeds in their senior years
Long-lived little dogs needing joint help, glucosamine at 310 mg/kg
Beef lovers. No other meat is on the list
Sensitive older digestions, with apple pulp fibre, two prebiotics and a postbiotic culture

Worth watching

Salmon oil at 2%, so not for a bowl that must stay fish free
Egg shell supplies calcium, relevant to the few dogs truly allergic to egg
At 370 kcal per 100g, a pottering lapdog needs honest portions

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

How this scores

How we score

69.2/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult and senior dogs. The label asks just 75 grams a day of a 5kg dog, so weigh it rather than scooping.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Calibra Life Fresh Beef Senior Small 69.2

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A balanced result with no weak leg, and a better finish than senior recipes usually manage.

What's in it

Beef protein27%Dried, so it arrives with its water already gone.
Fresh beef26%
Rice26%The only grain.
Dried apple pulp9%Fibre for an older gut.
Beef fat6%Named, preserved with tocopherols.
Hydrolysed yeasts, salmon oil2% eachSalmon oil for omega 3.
Egg shells1%A simple food-based calcium source.
Pea flour, milk thistle seed, dried blackcurrant0.4%, 0.2%
Glucosamine, chondroitine sulphate310 mg/kg, 210 mg/kgThe joint dose, printed.
MOS, rosemary, thyme, yucca, FOS, inactivated Lactobacillus helveticusPrebiotics and a postbiotic for the gut.

A full vitamin panel including B vitamins and vitamin C, with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and selenium as organic chelates, each dosed.

Named ingredients

Beef protein (27 %), fresh beef (26 %), rice (26 %), dried apple pulp (9 %), beef fat (preserved with tocopherols, 6 %), hydrolysed yeasts (2 %), 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

370 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.7%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.6%

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

55.5%

Carbs

27.6%

Veg

Oils

3.9%

Other

Pricing & size