Lifestage

Lifestage Adult Dry Food: Fish & Brown Rice review

Name: Lifestage Adult Dry Food: Fish & Brown Rice
Brand: Lifestage

46.6/100Average

DryAdult

Flavour

Three flavours built to one pattern, with a percentage printed against nearly every line, which is rarer than it ought to be. Lamb and turkey sit in our Good band, level with the typical adult dry food, and the fish a step behind in Average. The protein is at the gentler end for a kibble.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want a figure on nearly every line of the label
A moderate-fat bowl. None of the three runs rich
Rotating flavours, since only the animal changes
Dogs kept off poultry, with lamb the only named animal in the lamb recipe
Adults of any size, the fish and turkey listed toy to giant

Worth watching

The fish recipe never names its species
Carbohydrate above the typical adult dry food in all three
An unsourced omega 3 supplement, which matters to a fish-free household
Gentle protein for a kibble, so a hard-working dog may need more

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

How this scores

How we score

46.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. Before choosing a flavour, check whether your dog has to avoid fish, as the omega 3 supplement on every label gives no source.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Turkey 60.4
Lamb 60.2
Fish 46.6

Three recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Lamb and turkey earn their place on a large named animal share and a label that prints its working, and the fish falls a band short on an unnamed species and the heaviest starch load.

What's in it

Fish: fish meal, freshly prepared fish, fish gravy, fish oil30% (15%, 10%, 3%, 2%)No species named anywhere.
White rice23%
Brown rice20%
Barley18%Fibre and trace nutrients, and it carries gluten.
Linseed, peas3%, 2%Linseed for plant omega 3.
Alfalfa, sunflower oil, vegetable stock
Minerals, seaweedSeaweed brings iodine.
Omega 3 supplementSource not given.
Fructooligosaccharides, chicory extract, yucca extract, dandelionPrebiotic fibre, and yucca to soften stool odour.

Vitamin D3 sits at 500 IU per kilo here, the lowest in the range, with the highest vitamin A of the three and zinc as the oxide.

The only recipe in the range that never names the animal it is built on.

Named ingredients

Fish (30%), Fish Meal (15%), Freshly Prepared Fish (10%), Fish Gravy (3%), Fish Oil (2%), White Rice (23%), Brown Rice (20%), Barley (18%), Linseed (3%), Peas (2%), Alfalfa, Sunflower Oil, Vegetable Stock, Minerals, Seaweed, Omega 3 Supplement, Fructooligosaccharides (Fos), Chicory Extract, Yucca Extract, Dandelion

Against the range

Animal total: 30% fish; Lamb 34%, turkey 32%.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 58.7%; Highest; lamb 53.2%.
Protein, dry matter: 21.7%; Lowest; turkey 25.0%.
Fish oil: 2%; Not on the other two.

The fish oil is a real plus for skin and coat, the marine omega 3 a dog uses directly.

All three lead with one named animal as a headline percentage and break it out underneath into meal, freshly prepared meat, fat or oil, and gravy: lamb totals 34%, turkey 32% and fish 30%. Brown and white rice follow in every bag, with barley in the fish and lamb and oats in the turkey.

Linseed at 3% runs through the range, alongside an omega 3 supplement whose source is never given. The tail is shared: seaweed, chicory extract, fructooligosaccharides, yucca, alfalfa and dandelion. Zinc comes as the oxide and selenium as sodium selenite in all three, and estimated carbohydrate runs from 53.2% to 58.7% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

335.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

20%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

58.7%

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

43.7%

Added water

2.4%

Carbs

50%

Oils

1.6%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size