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Lifestage Grain Free Adult Dry Large Breed: Salmon & Trout review

Name: Lifestage Grain Free Adult Dry Large Breed: Salmon & Trout
Brand: Lifestage

71.2/100Excellent

DryAdult

A salmon and trout kibble for big dogs, in our Excellent band, with no cereal and no meat at all. The label itemises its 50% fish declaration down to 3% of salmon gravy. Joint support is on the list for the heavy frames it is written for, though without doses.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Big adults that do well on oily fish, the only animal source here
Grain-free feeding, with sweet potato and peas for the starch
Hard-working joints: glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane and chondroitin are all declared
Coats that need help. Omega 3 comes from salmon oil at 4% and linseed at 3%
Homes avoiding poultry and red meat completely

Worth watching

Salmon and trout together, so a reaction cannot be pinned to one fish
No milligram figure on the joint ingredients
Calcium not declared, the figure large-breed owners most often want

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

How this scores

How we score

71.2/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large adult dogs. The estimated guide for a 30kg adult is 372 to 454 grams a day, so weigh a few meals and adjust to condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Salmon 71.2

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A step above most adult dry food, carried by a label that shows its working and a carbohydrate figure just under the typical despite having no grain.

What's in it

Freshly prepared trout and salmon25%Mostly water, which the oven takes out.
Salmon meal18%Already dried and concentrated, so this does the quiet work on protein.
Salmon oil, salmon gravy4% and 3%Marine omega 3 a dog can use straight away.
Sweet potato24%The main starch in place of grain.
Peas9%A real ingredient at this level, with protein and fibre of its own.
Potato, beet pulpbeet pulp 4%
Linseed3%Plant omega 3 with fibre.
Minerals, vegetable stock, asparagus, omega 3 supplement
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphateThe standard large-breed set, none with a figure.
FOS, MOSPrebiotics, unquantified.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with iron, zinc, manganese and copper printed per kilo as plain sulphates and oxides, and selenium as sodium selenite.

Named ingredients

Salmon And Trout (50%), Freshly Prepared Trout And Salmon (25%), Salmon Meal (18%), Salmon Oil (4%), Salmon Gravy (3%), Sweet Potato (24%), Peas (9%), Potato, Beet Pulp (4%), Linseed (3%), Minerals, Vegetable Stock, Asparagus, Omega 3 Supplement, Glucosamine, Methylsulfonylmethane, Chondroitin Sulphate, Fructooligosaccharides (Fos), Mannanoligosaccharides (Mos)

Against the range

One grain-free kibble for large adults. Fish is declared at 50% and itemised into fresh trout and salmon, salmon meal, oil and gravy; sweet potato at 24% and peas at 9% stand where grain would be.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

341.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

45%

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

68.6%

Carbs

26.4%

Oils

2.9%

Other

2.1%

Pricing & size