Lifestage

Lifestage Grain Free Adult Small Breed review

Name: Lifestage Grain Free Adult Small Breed
Brand: Lifestage

73.6/100Excellent

DryAdult

Lifestage Grain Free Adult Small Breed puts a big chicken declaration into a small kibble, and that is most of its story. Protein is declared at 29.0%, high for an everyday adult food. It lands in our Excellent band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed adults with plenty of go in them
Dogs eating chicken and nothing else
Grain free feeding, with sweet potato and peas where cereal would be
Little dogs with a sensitive digestion. Beet pulp at 4% with FOS and MOS behind it
Fussy small eaters: chicken gravy and chicken fat work on the flavour

Worth watching

More than half the bag is chicken
An energy dense kibble for a small dog with quiet days
An omega 3 supplement with no source named

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

How this scores

How we score

73.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. A 5kg dog's estimated guide is 93 to 114 grams a day, so weigh it, since a few extra kibbles count on a small frame.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lifestage Grain Free Adult Small Breed 73.6

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

One named animal used four ways and no cereal at all carry it a band above most adult dry food.

What's in it

Chicken: freshly prepared, meal, gravy, fat55%25% fresh, 24% meal, 3% each gravy and fat. The meal bears the load.
Sweet potato26%Leads the starch.
Peas7%
Beet pulp4%The fibre.
Potato
Linseed2%Plant omega 3 for the coat, slow but steady.
Minerals, vegetable stock
Omega 3 supplementNo source given, the one vague entry on a plain label.
Herbs: marjoram, basil, oregano, sage, thyme, parsleyFor aroma.
FOS, MOSPrebiotics, with no figure.

Printed dose by dose, zinc at 100 mg/kg and iron at 50 mg/kg among them, in plain oxide and sulphate forms.

The omega 3 supplement names no source, so fish cannot be ruled out from the label.

Named ingredients

Chicken (55%), Freshly Prepared Chicken (25%), Chicken Meal (24%), Chicken Gravy (3%), Chicken Fat (3%), Sweet Potato (26%), Peas (7%), Beet Pulp (4%), Potato, Linseed (2%), Minerals, Vegetable Stock, Omega 3 Supplement, Herbs, Marjoram, Basil, Oregano, Sage, Thyme, Parsley, Fructooligosaccharides (Fos), Mannanoligosaccharides (Mos)

Against the range

A single recipe. Chicken makes up 55%, itemised as fresh meat, meal, gravy and fat, and no other animal is named. Sweet potato at 26%, peas at 7% and potato carry the starch, with no cereal anywhere on the list.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

355 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.9%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.8%

Carbs

39.5%

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

71.8%

Carbs

24.8%

Oils

Other

1.3%

Pricing & size