Calibra

Calibra Premium Line Senior & Light: Beef review

Name: Calibra Premium Line Senior & Light: Beef
Brand: Calibra

58.1/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

One recipe asked to do two jobs: ease the calories for older dogs and for waistlines that have crept. Both versions sit in our Good band. Fat comes right down, lignocellulose keeps the bowl filling, and the joint pair is dosed on the label.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs starting to slow down
A dog whose weight has crept up, with portions that still look worth eating
A beef dog and a chicken dog in one house, fed from the same pattern
Seniors who still love their food. Each version carries a hydrolysed flavour booster

Worth watching

Salmon oil puts fish in both bags
Poultry fat with no species named, in the beef version too

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

How this scores

How we score

58.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Weigh the portion against the label guide and let your dog's condition be the referee.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef 58.1
Chicken 57.6

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A light recipe often pays for its restraint on our scoring, so holding the Good band here is a quiet compliment to protein that stays respectable while the calories drop.

What's in it

Beef protein32%A dried, condensed form that keeps protein up while fat comes down.
Corn, oats20%The bulk of the carrying, by design; the share is for the oats.
Dried apple pulp, lignocellulose4% and 2%Bulk with essentially no calories. Lignocellulose is refined, which some label readers frown at.
Poultry fat2%No species named.
Brewer's yeast, hydrolysed yeast2%The hydrolysed yeast is the palatant.
Salmon oil1%Keeps some marine omega 3 despite the low fat.
Carrots, peas, parsley, kelp1% down to 0.2%
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate260 and 160 mg/kgDosed, not sprinkled.
MOS, FOS, 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.

Named ingredients

Beef protein 32 %, corn, oats 20 %, dried apple pulp 4 %, lignocellulose 2 %, poultry fat 2 %, brewer's yeast, hydrolysed yeast 2 %, salmon oil 1 %, carrots 1 %, peas 1 %, dried parsley 0.5 %, dried kelp 0.2 % (Ascophyllum nodosum), glucosamine (260 mg/kg), chondroitine sulphate (160 mg/kg), mannan-oligosaccharides (150 mg/kg), fructo-oligosaccharides (80 mg/kg), yucca Mojave (80 mg/kg), β-glucans (40 mg/kg).

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 26.4%; 24.2% on the chicken.
Energy: 350 kcal per 100g; 344 on the chicken.
Palatant: Hydrolysed yeast; Hydrolysed chicken liver in the chicken.

The slightly fuller of the pair, with no chicken meat in it.

Both bags share one frame. The named animal is 32% as a dried protein concentrate, corn and oats at 20% carry the starch, and dried apple pulp at 4% with lignocellulose at 2% adds bulk with next to no calories. Fat is pulled right down, under 11.0% of dry matter on both.

The support package is the same on each: glucosamine at 260 mg/kg, chondroitin sulphate at 160 mg/kg, MOS, FOS and beta-glucans, with salmon oil at 1%. The palatant differs, hydrolysed yeast in the beef and hydrolysed chicken liver in the chicken.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

350 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

5.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

11%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

Carbs

52.2%

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

32%

Carbs

39.2%

Veg

5.2%

Oils

Other

20.6%

Pricing & size