Calibra

Calibra Premium Line Adult: Beef review

Name: Calibra Premium Line Adult: Beef
Brand: Calibra

63.9/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A plain cereal and meat-protein kibble in two flavours, both in our Good band with the Beef a shade ahead. One quirk needs saying first: the Beef is built on chicken protein, with no beef in its ingredients. The Pork is what it says.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Easy-going adult dogs of any size needing a no-drama everyday kibble
Rotation feeders, since only the protein and palatant change between bags
Joints covered in a basic food, with glucosamine at 260 mg/kg and chondroitin at 160 mg/kg
Dogs that need pork, which is hard to find leading a dry food

Worth watching

No beef in the Beef: its meat is chicken protein at 35%
Unnamed poultry fat and salmon oil in both, so neither supports a strict poultry or fish elimination

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

How this scores

How we score

63.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults from toy to giant. Read the first ingredient, not the flavour name, before you buy for a dog with a protein history.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beef 63.9
Pork 60.6

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The gap between the two is small, so flavour and your dog's history should drive the choice.

What's in it

Chicken protein35%Dried and concentrated. No beef appears anywhere on this label.
Corn, oatsoats 16%The cereal base. Corn carries no percentage.
Poultry fat5%Species not named.
Dried apple pulp3%
Brewer's yeastNatural B vitamins.
Hydrolysed chicken liver2%The palatant.
Salmon oil1%Long-chain omega 3s.
Carrots, peas, dried parsley, dried kelp1% down to 0.4%
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate260 and 160 mg/kgJoints covered, with doses printed.
MOS, FOS, Mojave yucca, beta glucans150 down to 40 mg/kg

Vitamins A, D3 and E with biotin, copper, zinc, iron, manganese, iodine and selenium, all dosed per kilo.

Sold as Beef, made from chicken: treat the flavour name as branding.

Named ingredients

Chicken protein 35 %, corn, oats 16 %, poultry fat 5 %, dried apple pulp 3 %, brewer's yeast, hydrolysed chicken liver 2 %, salmon oil 1 %, carrots 1 %, peas 1 %, dried parsley 0.5 %, dried kelp 0.4 % (Ascophyllum nodosum), glucosamine (260 mg/kg), chondroitine sulphate (160 mg/kg), mannan-oligosaccharides (150 mg/kg), fructo-oligosaccharides (80 mg/kg), Mojave yucca (80 mg/kg), β-glucans (40 mg/kg).

Against the range

Meat: Chicken protein 35%; Pork protein 35% in the Pork
Palatant: Hydrolysed chicken liver; Hydrolysed yeast in the Pork
Fat, dry matter: 14.3%; 15.4% in the Pork

The slightly higher scorer, provided chicken suits your dog.

Both bags share one skeleton: a dried animal protein at 35%, corn and oats, 5% unnamed poultry fat, 1% salmon oil, apple pulp, a spoonful of vegetables and a dosed joint and gut set. Only the protein, the palatant and the kelp share change between them.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

371.5 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

6.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.5%

Carbs

49.1%

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

37%

Carbs

35.6%

Veg

4.4%

Oils

Other

17%

Pricing & size