Lakes Collection

Lakes Collection Lakes Pioneer Sensitive: Chicken with Rice review

Name: Lakes Collection Lakes Pioneer Sensitive: Chicken with Rice
Brand: Lakes Collection

53.1/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A deliberately unexciting Good kibble for medium and larger dogs whose digestion prefers a quiet life. Each bag leads with one dried meat, then rice, barley and oats. Yucca extract at 190 mg/kg for stool odour is the only flourish on the label.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium, large and giant adults with easily unsettled digestion
An ingredients list you can size up in seconds
Dogs that get on well with rice, at 26%
Homes that notice stool odour
Dogs at the steadier end of active, with fat at 8.0% on the chicken and 9.5% on the lamb

Worth watching

Chicken fat in the lamb recipe too, so neither suits a dog kept strictly clear of chicken
Carbohydrate at an estimated 55.4% of dry matter on the chicken and 52.7% on the lamb, against 46.2% typical
Calcium at 2.5% of dry matter on the lamb, worth knowing if your vet watches that figure

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

How this scores

How we score

53.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium, large and giant adults. The label asks 150 to 255 grams a day for dogs of 10kg to 20kg; the waistline can settle the rest.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 53.1
Lamb 51.1

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A food that keeps pace with the shelf without pulling ahead, which fairly describes a recipe built to be undemanding.

What's in it

Dried chicken26%Its water already gone, so near enough what lands in the bowl.
Chicken fat3%Makes up the 29% chicken.
Rice26%
Barley, oatsUnremarkable in the best way. Barley rules out a gluten-free bowl.
Beet pulp2%Keeps stools firm.
Brewers yeastA strong natural source of B vitamins.
MineralsPresent, not itemised.
Yucca extract190 mg/kgAimed at stool odour.

Named ingredients

Chicken 29% (including Dried Chicken 26% & Chicken Fat 3%), Rice (26%), Barley, Oats, Beet Pulp (2%), Brewers Yeast, Minerals, Yucca Extract (190 mg/kg). Yucca Extract from natural sources, this plant extract is thought to help reduce stool odour. No Added Artificial Colours & Preservatives Naturally preserved using rosemary extract. Formulated without wheat gluten.

Against the range

Meat: 29% chicken: 26% dried, 3% fat; 28% lamb on the other, 26% dried and 2% gravy.
Protein, as fed: 24.0%; 22% on the lamb.
Fat, as fed: 8.0%; 9.5% on the lamb.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.63%; 2.5% on the lamb.

The leaner and more even of the two, and the one chicken eaters should pick.

Both recipes put one meat in dried form at the top, a little under a third of the bag, then rice at 26% with barley and oats behind. Beet pulp, brewer's yeast and yucca extract finish a short list with no joint set or botanicals, and rosemary extract preserves both. The lamb uses chicken fat for its oil, and its ash and calcium run higher.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

348 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

5.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

Carbs

55.4%

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

29%

Carbs

62.5%

Other

8.5%

Pricing & size