Lifestage

Lifestage Grain Free Dry Senior: Turkey, Sweet Potato & Cranberry review

Name: Lifestage Grain Free Dry Senior: Turkey, Sweet Potato & Cranberry
Brand: Lifestage

72.9/100Excellent

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

Two grain-free senior recipes, one on salmon and trout and one on turkey, both in our Excellent band. Each declares its animal at half the bag and itemises that half. Joint ingredients sit on both labels for dogs that have done a lot of miles.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Seniors of any size, from toy to giant
Older dogs getting stiff, with three joint ingredients on each recipe
A senior carrying a little extra weight: the turkey declares fat at 9.0%
Grain-free feeding, with sweet potato, peas and potato in place of cereal
An old dog and a grown one in the same house, as both bags cover adult and senior

Worth watching

Joint ingredients named without a dose
No calcium figure on either label
Salmon and trout together in the fish recipe, so no use for isolating one fish

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

How this scores

How we score

72.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. An older dog moving less may need rather less than the guide, so let the waistline lead.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 72.9
Salmon 71.8

All two Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Both clear the typical adult dry food the same way: a large named animal share with a plant side that supports it.

What's in it

Freshly prepared turkey25%Turkey is naturally lighter in fat than chicken.
Turkey meal19%The entry that carries the protein.
Turkey gravy45%A figure that cannot stand beside the 50% total; read it with caution.
Turkey fat2%
Sweet potato, potato17%
Peas, linseed, beet pulp8%, 3%, 2%
Minerals, vegetable stock, cranberry, omega 3 supplementCranberry is the finishing note.
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphateNo doses printed.
FOS, MOS

The same mineral panel as the fish bag, with vitamins A, D3 and E and selenium as sodium selenite.

The label prints turkey gravy at 45%, a figure that cannot sit alongside its 50% turkey total.

Named ingredients

Turkey (50%), Freshly Prepared Turkey (25%), Turkey Meal (19%), Turkey Gravy (45%), Turkey Fat (2%), Sweet Potato (17%), Potato, Peas (8%), Linseed (3%), Beet Pulp (2%), Minerals, Vegetable Stock, Cranberry, Omega 3 Supplement, Glucosamine, Methylsulfonylmethane, Chondroitin Sulphate, Fructooligosaccharides (Fos), Mannanoligosaccharides (Mos)

Against the range

Fat: 9.0%; 12.0% on the fish
Protein, dry matter: 29.7%; 27.5% on the fish
Fibre: 4.0%; Higher than the fish
Animals on the label: Turkey alone; Salmon and trout on the fish

The gentler bowl for an old dog on shorter walks whose weight has crept up.

Both recipes declare their animal at 50% and break it into parts: freshly prepared meat at 25%, a dried meal, a gravy and a named fat or oil. The meal is the entry that counts, since fresh meat is mostly water. Neither uses cereal; sweet potato heads the plant side, with peas, potato and beet pulp behind and linseed at 3%.

Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane and chondroitin appear on both labels without a dose, as do FOS and MOS. The mineral panel is printed precisely and is the same on both bags. Fat is what varies most.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

318 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.7%

Fat

9.9%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

46.1%

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

81.3%

Carbs

15.8%

Oils

1.2%

Other

1.8%

Pricing & size