Lakes Collection

Lakes Collection Lakes Pioneer Sensitive Senior: Fish with Rice review

Name: Lakes Collection Lakes Pioneer Sensitive Senior: Fish with Rice
Brand: Lakes Collection

38.3/100Average

DryAdultSenior

The brand's gentle house recipe pointed at older dogs, with a full set of dosed joint figures on the bag. Dried fish is the meat, rice leads the list and energy sits at an easy 341 kcal per 100g. It reads Average on our scoring, which follows from how it is built.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older medium, large and giant dogs, the sizes printed on the bag
Joints that have started to talk: glucosamine and methylsulfonylmethane at 180 mg/kg each, chondroitin sulphate at 125 mg/kg
Ageing dogs that suit fish better than red meat
A slowing dog that needs a calmer bowl, with fat declared at 8.0%
An older dog fed beside a grown-up one. The label covers adult and senior alike

Worth watching

Chicken fat is the added fat, so it is not poultry free
The fish has no species, which leaves that entry open if you know which fish agrees with your dog
Protein declared at 21.0%, gentle for keeping an older dog muscled

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

How this scores

How we score

38.3/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of medium size and up. Start near 200 grams a day for a 15kg dog and let the waistline decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Fish 38.3

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The construction explains the reading, and the dosed joint set is exactly what a senior label should do.

What's in it

Brown rice22%Familiar and forgiving for an older gut. Most of the bulk sits here.
Dried fish20%With the water already out, the figure is close to what reaches the bowl. No species given.
Barley, oats
White rice10%
Chicken fatA good fat, and the reason this is not a poultry-free bowl.
Beet pulp, pea fibre4%Keeps things regular as a dog takes fewer of its own walks.
Brewer's yeast, mineralsB vitamins from the yeast. Minerals come as a group with no itemised doses.
Yucca schidigera extract190 mg/kgAimed at stool odour.
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate180, 180, 125 mg/kgAll three carry a number. If you want them in the bowl, this is the version worth having.

Named ingredients

Brown Rice (22%), Dried Fish (20%), Barley, Oats, White Rice (10%), Chicken Fat, Beet Pulp (4%), Pea Fibre, Brewer's Yeast, Minerals, Yucca Schidigera Extract (190 mg/kg), Glucosamine (180 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (180 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 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

Dried fish at 20% is the one meat, with rice, barley and oats around it, so carbohydrate is estimated at 57.1% of dry matter. All three joint entries carry a printed dose.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

341 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

57.1%

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

20%

Carbs

71.8%

Oils

3.9%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size