Lifestage

Lifestage Adult Small Breed review

Name: Lifestage Adult Small Breed
Brand: Lifestage

59.7/100Good

DryAdult

The brand's turkey and cereal recipe scaled down for small dogs. Turkey runs through the whole list in five forms, and turkey meal at 22% is the one that holds the protein up in the finished kibble. A prebiotic pairing of FOS and chicory extract sits in the small print. It comes out in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed adults; kibble and feeding table are both scaled to them
Dogs that suit turkey, the one animal named
Little dogs with an unsettled digestion, given the two prebiotics
Owners happy with cereal: oats at 19%, brown and white rice at 22% each
Calmer small dogs, fat declared at 8.0%

Worth watching

Turkey in every form, so a dog with a turkey problem needs one of the brand's other proteins
The omega 3 supplement names no source, a question for the maker in a fish free house
Rice and oats do much of the carrying, with carbohydrate at 54.9% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

59.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. The label asks 30 to 45 grams a day at 1 to 2kg and 105 to 135 grams at 6 to 8kg, so weigh rather than scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Lifestage Adult Small Breed 59.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It earns its place on quiet competence, ordinary things done properly, with transparency the strongest pillar.

What's in it

Turkey30%Fresh meat loses most of its weight as water in cooking.
Turkey meal22%The entry that survives the oven and holds the protein up.
Freshly prepared turkey, turkey gravy, turkey fat4%, 3%, 1%
Brown rice, white rice22% eachThe cereal base.
Oats19%
Linseed3%Plant omega 3, slower to reach a coat than the marine kind.
Beet pulp2%Fibre for a tidy stool.
Alfalfa, minerals, seaweedSeaweed adds iodine.
Omega 3 supplementSource not named.
FOS, chicory extract, dandelions, yucca extractTwo prebiotics; yucca for a less pungent garden.

Every added mineral has a printed dose, iron at 50 mg/kg and zinc at 100 mg/kg among them, as plain oxides and sulphates with no chelates.

The ingredient percentages on the label add up past 100, so read each one on its own.

Named ingredients

Turkey (30%), Turkey Meal (22%), Freshly Prepared Turkey (4%), Turkey Gravy (3%), Turkey Fat (1%), Brown Rice (22%), White Rice (22%), Oats (19%), Linseed (3%), Beet Pulp (2%), Alfalfa, Minerals, Seaweed, Omega 3 Supplement, Fructooligosaccharides (Fos), Chicory Extract, Dandelions, Yucca Extract

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

323.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25.3%

Fat

8.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.7%

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

46.1%

Carbs

50.8%

Oils

0.8%

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size