Collards

Collards Older/Overweight Lamb and Rice review

Name: Collards Older/Overweight Lamb and Rice
Brand: Collards

51/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A lighter lamb biscuit in our Good band, for a dog in later life or one being brought back into shape. Fat is the lever it pulls, held to 9.5%. Lamb is named on every animal line, down to the fat and the gravy, which is where labels usually turn vague.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs raised on lamb that have always got on with a rice biscuit
Keeping a heavier dog's fat down
Stiffening joints, with glucosamine and chondroitin in the recipe
An older dog fed beside an adult, as the bag is written for both

Worth watching

Protein at 19%, so watch an older dog's muscle on the scales as well as in the bowl
Glucosamine from molluscs and crustaceans brings shellfish into a lamb recipe
Grain makes up more than half the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

51/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. On a dog being slimmed, start from the label's 240 grams a day for a 15kg dog and adjust from there.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Collards Older/Overweight Lamb and Rice 51.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A label that names and percentages nearly everything earns its place, while a grain side carrying more of the recipe than the meat holds it there.

What's in it

Lamb meat and bone meal21%Already dried, so the share carries through the oven. The bone lifts calcium to 1.54% of dry matter.
Lamb fat, lamb gravy3% and 2%Named to the animal.
Brown rice, white rice24% eachBran fibre from one, ready starch from the other. Kind on an older digestion.
Whole barley12%
Whole linseed5%Plant omega 3, converted slowly. Give a coat weeks to answer.
Sugar beet pulp, potato proteinbeet pulp 3%
Dried alfalfa, natural seaweed meal0.5% each
Fructo-oligosaccharide (chicory), salts, methioninechicory 0.25%
Molluscs and crustaceans, chondroitin, taurineJoint entries undosed; taurine is the one added for the heart.
Yucca, marigold and rosemary extracts0.01% to 0.005%

Named ingredients

Lamb 26% (Lamb Meat and Bone Meal 21%, Lamb Fat 3%, Lamb Gravy 2%), Brown Rice 24%, White Rice 24%, Whole Barley 12%, Whole Linseed 5%, Sugar Beet Pulp 3%, Potato Protein, Dried Alfalfa 0.5%, Natural Seaweed Meal 0.5%, Fructo-Oligosaccharide (from chicory root extract 0.25%), Sodium chloride, Potassium chloride, Methionine, Molluscs and Crustaceans as source of glucosamine, Yucca extract 0.01%, Chondroitin, Taurine, Marigold extract 0.005%, Rosemary extract 0.005%.

Against the range

Every meat entry is lamb, and nearly every ingredient carries a percentage. Brown rice, white rice and barley make up more than half the recipe, with lamb at 26%. Fat is held at 9.5% and energy at 328 kcal per 100g, both under the typical adult dry food.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

327.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

19%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

20.9%

Fat

10.4%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.8%

Carbs

56.6%

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

24%

Added water

Carbs

65.6%

Veg

Other

7.4%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £3.90 (RRP)
Pack: 2 kg resealable bag, 10 kg bag - the page lists: 2kg Lamb & Rice dry food resealable bag; 10kg Lamb & Rice dry food bag
A 15kg dog eats: 240 g a day
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £0.94

Budget end of the market for a dry food, though the price runs ahead of what the analysis shows.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.