Lifestage

Lifestage Grain Free Chunks in Gravy Cans: Beef review

Name: Lifestage Grain Free Chunks in Gravy Cans: Beef
Brand: Lifestage

67.9/100Good

WetAdult

A Good-band can of chunks in gravy whose back label does not match its front. It is sold as beef and as grain free, yet chicken leads, there is no beef anywhere, and wheat flour helps carry the gravy. Read plainly, it is a sound chicken and fish recipe wearing a beef name.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that eat better from chunks in gravy than from a smooth loaf
Named meat at the top: chicken, then chicken bone broth
A larger dog, with 400 g cans sold twelve to a case
Dogs that barely touch the water bowl, at 82.0% moisture
Fish-eating dogs, with seafood high in the list and fish oil behind it

Worth watching

No beef in a can named for it, and wheat flour in a range called grain free
Chicken leads, so a chicken-avoiding dog needs a different tin
Seafood and seafood derivatives with no species, so no use for a fish-free elimination diet

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

How this scores

How we score

67.9/100Good

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Read the back of the can before ordering: it is a chicken and fish recipe, with wheat.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Beef 67.9

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A strong chicken opening, let down by an unnamed seafood entry, wheat in a grain free can and no ash figure to work from.

What's in it

ChickenLeads the list. The can is named beef, and there is no beef.
Chicken bone brothCounts as animal content, named to the same species as the meat above it.
Seafood and seafood derivativesA category term that can cover any fish or shellfish, and can change while the wording stays put.
Vegetable extractSays less than it might.
Potato
Wheat flourThickens the gravy, in a range named grain free.
Coconut oil
Fish oil, flaxseedsThe omega side.

A long vitamin list from A to K with the B group and choline, plus zinc and manganese as sulphates, none of it given a figure.

Named beef and grain free, yet the list has no beef and does include wheat flour.

No ash or energy figure on the label, so the analysis cannot be put on a dry matter footing and our daily amounts use our own energy estimate.

Named ingredients

Chicken, Chicken Bone Broth, Seafood & Seafood Derivatives, Vegetable Extract, Potato, Wheat Flour, Coconut Oil, Fish Oil, Flaxseeds

Against the range

One chunks in gravy can, sold as beef. The list carries no beef: chicken and chicken bone broth lead, seafood and seafood derivatives follow, and potato and wheat flour thicken the gravy. Coconut oil, fish oil and flaxseeds supply the fats.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

76.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

38.9%

Fat

27.8%

Fibre

5.6%

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

69.4%

Added water

17%

Carbs

7.3%

Veg

4.6%

Oils

1.3%

Other

0.3%