Concept For Life

Concept For Life Large Breed Light review

Name: Concept For Life Large Breed Light
Brand: Concept For Life

48.6/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A reduced calorie kibble for big dogs that need to come down a size, sitting in our Average band. It keeps the bowl looking full with fibre, declared at 6.0%, and energy comes in at 340 kcal per 100g. That fibre strategy is a large part of the score.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed dogs on a diet, with fat held to 10.8%
Keeping the bowl a normal size while the calories come down
Heavy dogs whose joints take the brunt, with glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate on the label
Older large breeds that have slowed down
Dogs kept off egg, which this recipe leaves out

Worth watching

Lignocellulose high on the list, filling the bowl without adding nutrition
Fresh chicken at 12%, behind both rice and maize
Poultry as the largest entry, with no bird named

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

How this scores

How we score

48.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of large breeds. For a dog actively losing weight, feed under maintenance and check the ribs every week.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Concept For Life Large Breed Light 48.6

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Fibre-bulking is the standard way to build a light diet, and it costs marks on protein and processing while genuinely delivering the lower energy.

What's in it

Poultry protein28%Partly dried and hydrolysed, "rich in chicken", so concentrated. The bird is never named outright.
Rice, maizeBoth ahead of the fresh chicken.
Fresh chicken meat12%Lower down than in the brand's other large breed foods.
LignocelluloseA purified plant fibre powder: bulk and very little else. It is how a light kibble fills a bowl.
Dried beet pulp, poultry fatThe beet pulp ferments to feed the gut.
Linseed, sodium chloride, brewer's yeast, monocalcium phosphateYeast for B vitamins; the phosphate supplies calcium and phosphorus.
Salmon oil, chicory inulin0.1% eachThe salmon oil means the food is not fish free.
Psyllium husksFibre that holds water.
Sunflower oil0.1%
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.04% and 0.02%For joints that carry a heavy dog.

A full panel dosed line by line, with L-carnitine at 100mg/kg to help the body burn fat and zinc partly as a glycine chelate.

Moisture is not declared, so our dry matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

28% Poultry Protein (Rich in Chicken, Partly Dried and Hydrolysed), Rice, Maize, 12% Fresh Chicken Meat, Lignocellulose, Dried Beet Pulp (Desugared), Poultry Fat, Linseed, Sodium Chloride, Brewer's Yeast (Dried), Monocalcium Phosphate, 0.1% Salmon Oil, 0.1% Chicory Inulin, Psyllium Husks (Dried), 0.1% Sunflower Oil, 0.04% Glucosamine, 0.02% Chondroitin Sulphate, Antioxidants.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

340.3 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

10.8%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

11.7%

Fibre

6.5%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

45.4%

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

40%

Carbs

48.3%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

2.4%

Other

9.2%

Pricing & size