Lifestage

Lifestage Adult Large Breed review

Name: Lifestage Adult Large Breed
Brand: Lifestage

59.8/100Good

DryAdult

A turkey and cereal kibble for big grown dogs, and a Good-band food. The bird appears five times before anything else, and the mineral panel is dosed to the milligram. For a large dog eating the same thing every day, it is a sensible, plain-spoken bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large-breed adults, the frame the recipe and feeding table are built around
Dogs that do well on turkey, the one animal named
Big dogs going stiff at the back end, with glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin declared
Owners happy with cereal: brown rice at 22% and oats at 19%
A heavy dog watching its waistline, on fat at 9.0%

Worth watching

The joint three come without a dose
Cereal does a fair share of the carrying for a dog that wants a meatier bowl
The omega 3 supplement has no source, so a fish-free house should ask the maker

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

How this scores

How we score

59.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large-breed adults; the label asks 265 to 360 grams a day for a dog between 20 and 30kg. The declared percentages total more than 100, so read each entry on its own.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Lifestage Adult Large Breed 59.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing spectacular and nothing thin, with transparency Outstanding and the two nutrition pillars Average.

What's in it

Turkey30%
Turkey meal22%Already dried, so it gives more protein than its place on the list suggests.
Freshly prepared turkey, turkey fat, turkey gravy4%, 2%, 2%
Brown rice, white rice22%, 21%The bulk of the starch.
Oats19%The most useful of the three cereals, with fibre and easy digestion.
Linseed3%Plant omega 3, slower than marine forms.
Beet pulp2%Fermentable fibre for firm stools.
Alfalfa, minerals, seaweed
Omega 3 supplementThe one entry with no source.
Chicory extract, dandelion, yucca extract, glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphateChicory's inulin feeds the gut bacteria. No joint doses printed.

Copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium and zinc dosed in print, with selenium as sodium selenite and zinc as zinc oxide, the plainer forms.

The omega 3 supplement is unsourced. Ask Lifestage if your dog must avoid fish.

Named ingredients

Turkey (30%), Turkey Meal (22%), Freshly Prepared Turkey (4%), Turkey Fat (2%), Turkey Gravy (2%), Brown Rice (22%), White Rice (21%), Oats (19%), Linseed (3%), Beet Pulp (2%), Alfalfa, Minerals, Seaweed, Omega 3 Supplement, Chicory Extract, Dandelion, Yucca Extract, Glucosamine, Methylsulfonylmethane, Chondroitin Sulphate

Against the range

Turkey is the one animal, named five ways at the head of the list, with turkey meal at 22% doing most for the protein. Brown rice, white rice and oats carry a real share of the bowl, taking carbohydrate to 54.3% of dry matter. Calcium converts to 1.41%, and the joint trio closes the list with no dose.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

332 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

54.3%

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

45.7%

Carbs

50.4%

Oils

1.6%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size