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Lifestage Artisan Grain Free Dry Adult: Haddock with Peas & Parsley review

Name: Lifestage Artisan Grain Free Dry Adult: Haddock with Peas & Parsley
Brand: Lifestage

65.7/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free pair that never leaves the water, the salmon in our Excellent band and the haddock just behind in Good. If fish is what your dog does better on, these keep to it all the way down the list. Both labels show their working on the fish, part by part.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept off land meats, with no bird or red meat in either bag
Grain-free homes, where sweet potato, peas and beans do the cereal's job
Rotating flavours, since little beyond the fish changes
A temperamental gut, with FOS and MOS dosed on both labels
Label readers who want the fresh, dried, oil and stock portions broken out

Worth watching

Fish throughout, so a dog that reacts to it needs one of the brand's meat recipes
The haddock also carries dried salmon and trout oil, so it is not single species
Calcium on the salmon converts to 2.17% of dry matter, generous for a grown dog

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

How this scores

How we score

65.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Check the fish species against anything your dog has reacted to, as the haddock bag holds three.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Scottish Salmon 75.0
Haddock 65.7

Two recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The salmon edges ahead on its larger fish share and complete panel; in both cases the named animal in the bag is what puts them where they are.

What's in it

Fish: freshly prepared haddock26%The fish the front of the bag names. Most of its weight is water.
Dried salmon18%Carries more of the finished protein than its place suggests.
Trout oil, salmon stock5%, 2%Completing a 50% fish declaration.
Sweet potato24%Opens the plant side.
Peas, potato
Beet pulpFermentable fibre that steadies digestion.
Olive oil, linseed, sunflower oilBoth omega families and some natural vitamin E.
Minerals, vitamins
Parsley, vegetable stockA finishing flourish.

FOS at 92 mg/kg and MOS at 23 mg/kg, to feed the bacteria of the large intestine.

Ash and moisture are not declared, so the panel stops at protein, fat and fibre.

Named ingredients

Fish (50%), Freshly Prepared Haddock (26%), Dried Salmon (18%), Trout Oil (5%), Salmon Stock (2%), Sweet Potato (24%), Peas, Potato, Beet Pulp, Olive Oil, Linseed, Sunflower Oil, Minerals, Vitamins, Parsley, Vegetable Stock

Against the range

Fish: 50%: haddock, dried salmon, trout oil, stock; 65% in the salmon, all salmon.
Added oils: Olive, sunflower, linseed; Salmon oil and an omega 3 supplement in the salmon.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.09%; 2.17% in the salmon.
Analysis: Partial; Printed in full on the salmon.

The gentler calcium figure of the pair, for owners who prefer a moderate mineral load.

Two fish kibbles with no land animal on either list. Each breaks its fish headline into fresh fish, dried salmon, oil and stock, and the dried salmon carries much of the protein that reaches the bowl.

Neither uses grain: sweet potato leads the plant side, with peas and potato on the haddock and beans on the salmon, and beet pulp on both. FOS and MOS prebiotics carry a milligram figure on each label. The fish share, the oils and the completeness of the analysis are what differ.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

351.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

4.3%

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

76.8%

Carbs

19.2%

Oils

Pricing & size