Lifestage

Lifestage Adult Dry Food: Lamb & Brown Rice review

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

60.2/100Good

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

60.2/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

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

Main protein

Lamb

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

Lamb: lamb meal, freshly prepared lamb, lamb fat, lamb gravy34% (25%, 4%, 3%, 2%)Meal is the dried form, so its protein reaches the kibble.
Brown rice24%
Barley, white rice16% each
Beet pulp4%Fermentable fibre.
Linseed3%Plant omega 3.
Alfalfa, seaweed, minerals
Omega 3 supplementUnsourced, the one gap in an otherwise lamb-only label.
Fructooligosaccharides, chicory extract, yucca extract, dandelion

Vitamin D3 at 2,750 IU per kilo, copper, iron and manganese as sulphates, zinc as the oxide and selenium as sodium selenite.

Ash reads 9.8% of dry matter, the highest here, from the bone minerals in all that meal.

Named ingredients

Lamb (34%), Lamb Meal (25%), Freshly Prepared Lamb (4%), Lamb Fat (3%), Lamb Gravy (2%), Brown Rice (24%), Barley (16%), White Rice (16%), Beet Pulp (4%), Linseed (3%), Alfalfa, Seaweed, Minerals, Omega 3 Supplement, Fructooligosaccharides (Fos), Chicory Extract, Yucca Extract, Dandelion

Against the range

Animal total: 34% lamb; The largest in the range.
Red meat: Yes; The others are fish and turkey.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 53.2%; The lowest of the three.
Fibre: Beet pulp 4%; Turkey uses 2%; the fish has none.

The one to reach for when poultry and fish are both off the menu, subject to that unsourced omega 3.

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

330 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

21%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

53.2%

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

49.6%

Carbs

45.8%

Oils

2.3%

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size