Lifestage

Lifestage Artisan Grain Free Dry Adult: Scottish Salmon with Dill & Spinach review

Name: Lifestage Artisan Grain Free Dry Adult: Scottish Salmon with Dill & Spinach
Brand: Lifestage

75/100Excellent

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

75/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueExcellent

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

Salmon

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 Scottish salmon35%
Dried salmon23%The entry that survives the oven.
Salmon oil, salmon stock4%, 3%Salmon oil is omega 3 in the form a dog can use directly.
Sweet potato, beansNo grain.
Beet pulp
Dried superfood blend: dill, spinach, fennel, asparagus, tomatoFlourish.
Omega 3 supplement, minerals
FOS, MOS175 and 50 mg/kgPrebiotics with the dose printed.
Olive extract

Calcium converts to 2.17% of dry matter, generous for a grown dog, so no mineral topper is needed alongside it.

Named ingredients

Fish (65%), Freshly Prepared Scottish Salmon (35%), Dried Salmon (23%), Salmon Oil (4%), Salmon Stock (3%), Sweet Potato, Beans, Beet Pulp, Dried Superfood Blend* (Including Dill, Spinach, Fennel, Asparagus, Tomato), Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Fructooligosaccharides (Fos, 175 Mg/Kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (Mos, 50 Mg/Kg), Olive Extract

Against the range

Fish: 65%, salmon only; 50% in the haddock, three species.
Protein, dry matter: 34.8%; The haddock's panel is partial.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 35.8%; Against 46.2% typical for adult dry food.
Energy: Declared, 378 kcal per 100g; Estimated on the haddock.

The fuller declaration and the single-species bag of the two.

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

378 kcal/100g

Protein

32%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

34.8%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

35.8%

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

96.9%

Oils

3.1%

Pricing & size