Lakes Collection

Lakes Collection Lakes Pioneer Sensitive Small Breed: Chicken with Rice review

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

52.4/100Good

DryAdult

A plain chicken and rice kibble sized for little mouths, and Good on our reading. Chicken is declared at 29% and rice matches it exactly, with barley and oats behind. Beet pulp firms things up and yucca extract at 190 mg/kg deals with stool odour.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed adults that do best on a plain, familiar bowl
A fussy little eater kept to one named meat
Dogs that suit rice, barley and oats, with no unusual entries in the list
Little dogs on the round side: fat at 8.0% and energy at 346 kcal per 100g
A small garden where you notice what gets left behind

Worth watching

The meat and the added fat are both chicken, so a dog sensitive to chicken belongs on the lamb recipe in the Pioneer Sensitive family
Estimated carbohydrate of 54.9% of dry matter, past the 46.2% usual for adult dry food
Minerals declared as a group with no vitamin figures beside them

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

How this scores

How we score

52.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. The label's table asks 90 to 115 grams for a dog between 5kg and 7kg, so check your dog's weight against it before the first bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 52.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It lands where everyday adult dry food does, and the plain build and small kibble give it a fit the band cannot measure.

What's in it

Dried chicken26%Water already removed, so nearly all of it survives into the kibble as protein.
Chicken fat3%The same bird as the meat.
Rice29%Matches the chicken exactly.
Barley, oatsOld, well understood grains. Oats bring some fibre. No wheat on the list.
Beet pulp2%The fibre that firms things up, often why owners of small dogs pick a sensitive recipe.
Brewer's yeastB vitamins and its own amino acids.
MineralsDeclared as a group, no figures.
Yucca extract190 mg/kgFor stool odour.

Named ingredients

Chicken 29% (Including Dried Chicken 26% & Chicken Fat 3%), Rice (29%), Barley, Oats, Beet Pulp (2%), Brewer's 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

One recipe: dried chicken and rice in equal shares, barley and oats behind them, beet pulp for fibre and a single plant extract at the end.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

346 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

54.9%

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

63.1%

Other

7.9%

Pricing & size