Calibra

Calibra Premium Line Senior & Light: Chicken review

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

57.6/100Good

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

57.6/100Good

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

Chicken

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

Chicken protein32%Concentrated, so protein holds while fat falls.
Corn, oats20%Starch and fibre standing in for the fat that has gone.
Dried apple pulp, lignocellulose4% and 2%Filling without calories.
Poultry fat2%
Brewer's yeast, hydrolysed chicken liver2%The liver is there for flavour.
Salmon oil1%Fish in a chicken bag.
Carrots, peas, parsley, kelp1% down to 0.4%
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate260 and 160 mg/kgThe same joint pair as the rest of the range.
MOS, FOS, yucca, beta-glucans150 down to 40 mg/kgPrebiotics.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with biotin and six trace minerals, each dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Chicken protein 32 %, corn, oats 20 %, dried apple pulp 4 %, lignocellulose 2 %, poultry fat 2 %, 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

Energy: 344 kcal per 100g; 350 on the beef.
Fat, dry matter: 9.9%; 11.0% on the beef.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 54.4%; 52.2% on the beef.

The leaner of the two, the natural pick where the waistline needs a firmer hand.

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

344 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

24.2%

Fat

9.9%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

54.4%

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

34%

Carbs

39.1%

Veg

5.4%

Oils

Other

18.5%

Pricing & size