Lakes Collection

Lakes Collection Lakes Heritage Small Breed: Salmon with Asparagus review

Name: Lakes Collection Lakes Heritage Small Breed: Salmon with Asparagus
Brand: Lakes Collection

67.6/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

The brand's grain-free thinking in a kibble a little dog can manage, as chicken or salmon, both in our Good band. Each declares more than half its content as named animal, and both come out richer and meatier than the standard range they grew from.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adult dogs, the only size these are sized for
Little dogs with strong opinions about dinner, at 15% fat
Small bowls kept free of cereal
A straight choice of bird or fish with the rest of the recipe unchanged
No added artificial colours or preservatives

Worth watching

Energy dense, so weigh a small dog's portion
Headline meat figures that count stock and oil as well as flesh
An omega 3 supplement with no source named

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

How this scores

How we score

67.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. The label's table stops at 15kg, and a really small dog eats well under half of that portion, so weigh it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Chicken 67.7
Salmon 67.6

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The two finish level, so pick whichever animal your dog does better on.

What's in it

Freshly prepared salmon and trout27%Two fish under one heading.
Dried salmon20%
Salmon oil, salmon stock4% and 2%Marine omega 3 a dog puts straight to work.
Sweet potato22%
Peas9%
Potato, beet pulp, linseed
Minerals, omega 3 supplementSupplement source not named.
Asparagus0.3%Names the bag.
FOS, MOS96 mg/kg and 24 mg/kg

Salmon and trout share one heading, so this is not a single-species fish food.

Named ingredients

Salmon & Trout 53% (including Freshly Prepared Salmon & Trout 27%, Dried Salmon 20%, Salmon Oil 4% & Salmon Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (22%), Peas (9%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Minerals, Omega 3 Supplement, Asparagus (0.3%), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg). No Added Artificial Colours & Preservatives Naturally preserved using rosemary extract.

Against the range

Animal: Salmon and trout 53%; Chicken 55% in the other.
Fish oil: Salmon oil 4%; Plant omega 3 only in the chicken.
Energy: 376 kcal per 100g; 371 in the chicken.

The pick for a small dog kept off land meats.

Both recipes declare more than half their content as named animal and print the fresh and dried split, leaning harder on dried than the brand's standard range. Sweet potato, peas and potato replace cereal, with beet pulp for fibre and linseed for plant omega 3.

Fat sits at 15% in both. Prebiotics are dosed at 96 mg/kg FOS and 24 mg/kg MOS, a 0.3% garnish names each bag, and rosemary extract does the preserving. Minerals are declared without individual doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

376 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

42.4%

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

49%

Added water

Carbs

42.9%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size