Calibra

Calibra Life Senior Medium & Large Breed review

Name: Calibra Life Senior Medium & Large Breed
Brand: Calibra

68.5/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A chicken and rice kibble that takes the sensible route into old age, and it earns our Good band. Fat is leaner and energy moderate. The joint and gut extras are printed, dose by dose.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium and large breeds entering their senior years
Seniors that gain weight easily, on fat at a restrained 10% as fed
Ageing joints under bigger frames: glucosamine at 260 mg/kg, chondroitin at 160 mg/kg
Gut support for an older dog, with MOS, FOS, beta glucans and a postbiotic culture

Worth watching

Poultry fat and hydrolysed poultry protein name no bird, which blurs a strict elimination diet
Salmon oil brings fish into the bowl
Carbohydrate takes nearly half the dry matter, normal for a senior kibble

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

How this scores

How we score

68.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium and large adults and seniors. The bag's chart gives 180 grams a day at 15kg, rising to 700 grams at 90kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Calibra Life Senior Medium & Large Breed 68.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

An honest, well declared recipe with a conventional analysis: modest fat, moderate protein, standard carbohydrate.

What's in it

Chicken protein40%The dried form, so the share turns into real protein in the bowl. No fresh meat at all.
Rice, brewer's rice28%, 8%
Dried apple pulp, dried beet pulp6% appleThe fibre.
Hydrolysed poultry protein, poultry fat3% eachA family named, not a bird.
Yeasts
Hydrolysed chicken liver2%The palatant, and it names its species.
Salmon oil2%Long-chain omega 3.
Prebiotics: MOS, beta glucans, FOS120, 100, 70 mg/kg
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate260 mg/kg, 160 mg/kg
Rosemary and thyme, Mojave yucca, inactivated Lactobacillus acidophilus200 mg/kg herbs, 80 mg/kg yucca

A full vitamin panel including vitamin C, with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and selenium as organic chelates, each dose printed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Chicken protein (40 %), rice (28 %), brewer's rice (8 %), apple pulp dried (6 %), dried beet pulp, hydrolysed poultry protein (3 %), poultry fat (3 %, preserved with tocopherols), 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

Dried chicken protein leads at 40%, with rice at 28% and brewer's rice at 8% carrying the starch. Fat is held to 10% as fed, and the prebiotics, joint pair and trace minerals all have printed doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

354 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

10%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

6.2%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.6%

Fat

11%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

6.8%

Carbs

49.8%

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

45%

Carbs

40.2%

Veg

Oils

3.9%

Other

4.9%

Pricing & size