Calibra

Calibra Premium Line Puppy & Junior review

Name: Calibra Premium Line Puppy & Junior
Brand: Calibra

69.8/100Good

DryPuppy

Good, a little clear of the middle of the puppy dry field, and one bag meant to carry a pup from the start to the junior stage. The small print is the best part: glucosamine, chondroitin and the gut extras all carry a dose. Calcium at 1.76% of dry matter reads high for the large and giant pups the bag also covers.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Toy, small and medium puppies, whose growth this balance sits comfortably within
Feeding through to the junior stage without changing bag
Pups with a big appetite for the day, at 396 kcal per 100g against 376 for the typical puppy dry food
Joint care from the start, with glucosamine at 310 mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 210 mg/kg
Fussy young eaters. Hydrolysed chicken liver at 2% makes a cereal kibble worth finishing

Worth watching

Calcium above what large and giant growth plans usually work to; set a big pup's portions with your vet
Corn second on the list with no percentage
Poultry fat names no bird, and salmon oil puts fish beside the chicken

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

How this scores

How we score

69.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. The chart runs from 55 grams a day for the smallest pups to 250 grams for the largest, so re-read it against your pup's weight every few weeks.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Calibra Premium Line Puppy & Junior 69.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Published numbers on nearly every functional entry earn the placing; the cereal weight holds protein and balance at Good.

What's in it

Chicken protein40%A dried ingredient, so most of the share survives into the kibble.
CornNo figure, so its share of the bag is not given.
Rice14%Gentle and well tolerated.
Poultry fat10%Kept stable with tocopherols. No bird named.
Oats8%
Dried apple pulp, brewer's yeast2% apple pulpFibre and B vitamins.
Hydrolysed chicken liver2%The palatant.
Salmon oil2%
Carrots, peas, dried parsley, dried kelp1% down to 0.4%Kelp brings iodine and trace minerals.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, MOS, FOS, yucca, beta glucans310 down to 50 mg/kgReal doses for a growing joint, plus gut and immune support.

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

Calcium converts to 1.76% of dry matter, above what large and giant breed growth is usually planned to, though the bag covers those sizes.

Named ingredients

Chicken protein 40 %, corn, rice 14 %, poultry fat 10 %, oats 8 %, dried apple pulp 2 %, brewer's yeast, hydrolysed chicken liver 2 %, salmon oil 2 %, carrots 1 %, peas 1 %, dried parsley 0.5 %, dried kelp 0.4 % (Ascophyllum nodosum), glucosamine (310 mg/kg), chondroitine sulphate (210 mg/kg), mannan-oligosaccharides (180 mg/kg), fructo-oligosaccharides (120 mg/kg), Mojave yucca (120 mg/kg), β-glucans (50 mg/kg).

Against the range

A chicken-led growth kibble on a cereal base: dried chicken protein at 40%, then corn with no figure, rice at 14% and oats at 8%. Poultry fat at 10% and salmon oil at 2% carry the energy, and the functional entries all print their doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

396 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.2%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

33%

Fat

19.8%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.9%

Carbs

36.6%

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

42%

Carbs

33.1%

Veg

3.4%

Oils

12%

Other

9.5%

Pricing & size