Calibra

Calibra Premium Line Sensitive review

Name: Calibra Premium Line Sensitive
Brand: Calibra

59.2/100Good

DryAdult

A gentle, cereal-based lamb recipe for dogs whose stomachs complain easily, reading in our Good band. Rice and oats are the classic settled-stomach cereals. Sensitive here means gentle: chicken liver and salmon oil ride along, so this is no strict allergy tool.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs with easily upset stomachs
Lamb at the top of the label in place of the usual chicken
Gut-sensitive dogs, with MOS at 150 mg/kg and FOS at 80 mg/kg feeding the friendly bacteria
Mixed-size homes: one kibble covers toy breeds and giants alike

Worth watching

Hydrolysed chicken liver, salmon oil and unnamed poultry fat, so not for a confirmed chicken or fish allergy
Corn, rice and oats, firmly grain-inclusive
A dog with diagnosed food allergies still needs a vet-led plan

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

How this scores

How we score

59.2/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The label's own table is the place to start, and the waistline decides where your dog settles.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Calibra Premium Line Sensitive 59.2

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Solidly conventional, with an honest lamb declaration and dosed extras, held to the middle by the cereal share and unnamed poultry fat.

What's in it

Lamb protein26%Dried and concentrated, so a modest-sounding share still delivers. Lamb is one of the easier meats to digest.
Corn
Rice, oats20%, 14%Gentle once cooked.
Poultry fat4%No bird named.
Dried apple pulp, brewer's yeast2%, not givenYeast for natural B vitamins.
Hydrolysed chicken liver2%For palatability, and chicken on a lamb label.
Salmon oil1%
Carrots, peas, parsley, kelp1% down to 0.4%
Glucosamine, chondroitine sulphate260 mg/kg, 160 mg/kgCarried over from Calibra's other cereal recipes.
MOS, FOS, Mojave yucca, beta-glucans150, 80, 80 and 40 mg/kgThe gut support that is the point of the recipe.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with biotin, and copper, zinc, iron and manganese in chelated forms, preserved with tocopherols, ascorbyl palmitate and rosemary.

Chicken liver, salmon oil and poultry fat sit beside the lamb. Not a single-protein elimination diet.

Named ingredients

Lamb protein 26 %, corn, rice 20 %, oats 14 %, poultry fat 4 %, dried apple pulp 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

One lamb recipe on a cereal base: lamb protein at 26%, then corn, rice at 20% and oats at 14%. Poultry fat, hydrolysed chicken liver and salmon oil support it, and the prebiotics and joint pair are dosed in print.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

374 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

14%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

3.1%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

46.3%

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

28%

Carbs

49.9%

Veg

3.4%

Oils

Other

13.7%

Pricing & size