HiLife FEED ME: Tasty Beef with Cheese and Vegetables review

1. Tasty Beef 44.3
2. Turkey 44.3
3. Lamb 44.0

All three Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The three score as one, held at Average by unnamed meat meals, sugar high on the list and heavy ash.

• Meat meals24%Beef named at 6%, the biggest named share in the range.
• Wholegrain wheat, wheat bran
• Sugar
• Vegetable glycerineKeeps the pieces soft.
• Poultry fat, meat stockPoultry fat behind a beef name.
• Dried garden vegetables1.1%
• Salt, minerals
• Cheese powder0.1%Brings dairy onto the label.
• Chicory extract, yeast extract0.05% each

Vitamin E at 250 mg/kg and zinc at 63 mg/kg with a short trace mineral set, plus antioxidants and preservatives.

Cheese powder puts milk protein on the list.

Named meat

Beef 6%

4% per animal on the other two.

Dairy

Cheese powder 0.1%

None on the other two.

The most named meat in the range, and the one a milk-sensitive dog should skip.

All three share one soft moist base: meat meals at 24% with only a small named share inside, then wholegrain wheat, wheat bran, sugar and vegetable glycerine to keep the pieces yielding at 18% moisture. Poultry fat, meat stock and dried garden vegetables at 1.1% follow.

The analysis is identical across the range, with protein at 24.4% of dry matter, carbohydrate at 51.2%, ash at 11.6% and calcium at 2.44%. What varies is the named meat and the small flavour entry at the end: tomato, cheese or bacon.

Price per kilo

£2.67 (RRP)

Pack

2kg, 6kg, 8kg, 12kg

A 15kg dog eats (our estimate)

240 to 295 g a day, 270 in the middle

Cost per day, 15kg dog

£0.72

Budget end of the market for a dry food, though the analysis gives a little less than that price would suggest.