Lakes Collection

Lakes Collection Lakes Heritage Grain Free Senior: Trout with Sweet Potato review

Name: Lakes Collection Lakes Heritage Grain Free Senior: Trout with Sweet Potato
Brand: Lakes Collection

63.9/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A gentle senior kibble built on salmon and trout at half the recipe, with sweet potato in place of cereal. It sits in our Good band, level with ordinary adult dry food. The senior thinking shows in restraint: fat at 8% and energy at 340 kcal per 100g, for an older dog whose appetite outlasts the walks.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older medium, large and giant dogs, the sizes the feeding table covers
Senior dogs gaining weight. Fat sits at 8%
A cereal-free bowl, with sweet potato at 26% carrying the plant side
Oily fish eaters: salmon and trout supply everything animal
An ageing gut, with FOS and MOS both dosed on the label

Worth watching

No added joint support. The senior badge is about the gentler analysis
Fish is the only animal, which counts if your dog is kept off it
Carbohydrate at 51.6% of dry matter, next to the 46.2% typical
A vegetable stock and an omega 3 supplement that do not say what is in them

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

How this scores

How we score

63.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of medium, large and giant breeds. A 15kg dog of average build eats around 200 grams a day; the bag asks 150 to 250 grams for 10kg to 20kg, so let the waistline settle it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Trout

The score, in context

Trout 63.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Half the bag declared as fish and a starch base without cereal carry it, with carbohydrate at 51.6% of dry matter the brake.

What's in it

Salmon and trout: freshly prepared salmon and trout, dried salmon, fish stock50% (36%, 12%, 2%)Most of the fresh weight is water the oven removes. The dried salmon carries a good part of the finished kibble.
Sweet potato26%Releases its energy slowly.
Peas, potatopotato 6%
Beet pulpThe fibre.
LinseedPlant omega 3.
Vitamins and minerals
Vegetable stockUnnamed: no plant beside it.
Omega 3 supplementListed without its source.
Asparagus7.5g per kgGives the recipe its name, and a garnish however you read it.
FOS, MOS92mg/kg, 23mg/kgPrebiotics with printed doses, one from fruit and vegetables, one from yeast cell walls.

No joint support in this recipe, though some of the brand's other older-dog recipes print one.

Named ingredients

Salmon & Trout 50% (36% Freshly Prepared Salmon & Trout, 12% Dried Salmon & 2% Fishstock), Sweet Potato (26%), Peas, Potato (6%), Beet Pulp, Linseed, Vitamins& Minerals, Vegetable Stock, Omega 3 Supplement, Asparagus (equivalent to7.5g per kg of product), FOS (92mg/kg), MOS (23mg/kg).

Against the range

One recipe, with salmon and trout declared at 50% and nothing animal besides fish. Sweet potato at 26% leads the plants, with peas and potato next, and no wheat, maize, rice or barley anywhere. Fat is held at 8% and energy at 340 kcal per 100g; there is no joint pack.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

340 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

51.6%

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

50%

Added water

1.4%

Carbs

44.8%

Other

3.8%

Pricing & size