Lifestage

Lifestage Grain Free Raw: Beef review

Name: Lifestage Grain Free Raw: Beef
Brand: Lifestage

89.9/100Outstanding

RawAdult

Flavour

Seven raw recipes, one build, and every one in our Outstanding band. The choice is the animal, from chicken to venison and wild boar. What marks the range out is the offal, with lung and tripe leading two of the tubs.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that need an unfamiliar protein: venison, wild boar and white fish are all here
Proper offal, with lung, tripe, heart, liver and kidney given percentages
Working dogs and steadier ones under one roof, as energy runs from lean to rich
Rotation feeding on one vegetable base and one 500g tub
One land animal only: the Beef, the Chicken and the Lamb

Worth watching

Salmon oil in all seven, and the Surf & Turf, Turkey, Venison and Wild Boar add a second animal
Energy from 93 to 177 kcal per 100g, so re-measure when you switch
Wheat grass powder on every label, for an owner keeping all wheat out

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

How this scores

How we score

89.9/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Weigh the portion again each time you change recipe, since the leanest tubs feed in much bigger amounts.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Chicken 90.5
Beef 89.9
Turkey 88.2
Wild Boar 86.1
Surf 86.0
Venison 85.3
Lamb 84.6

All seven Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Seven recipes clearing the hardest category we score, each on a different animal; the Chicken and the Beef lead by margins too small to shop on.

What's in it

Beef lung30%Organ meat ahead of any muscle.
Beef tripe30%The ruminant stomach: easy to digest, rich in fats and enzymes.
Beef with bone15%
Beef liver5%Concentrated vitamins and minerals.
Green vegetables10%The one general phrase on the label, so the mix can shift with the season.
Carrots8.5%
Blueberries1%
Salmon oil0.3%
Kelp, wheat grass powder

Named ingredients

Beef lung (30%), beef tripe (30%), beef with bone (15%), beef liver (5%), green vegetables (10%), carrots (8.5%), blueberries (1%), salmon oil (0.3%), kelp, wheat grass powder.

Against the range

Organ meat: Lung and tripe at 30% each; The most organ-led label of the seven.
Ash, dry matter: 5.5%; Lightest bone share; the Venison reaches 16.0%.
Protein, dry matter: 54.5%; 39.0% to 62.3% across the range.

The tub for a dog that thrives on offal, and one of the two leaders on our scoring.

Every tub is built the same way: named animal at 80%, counting muscle, organ and bone, then green vegetables at 10%, carrots at 8.5% and blueberries at 1%. Salmon oil, kelp and wheat grass powder close the list, and nothing starchy goes in.

Offal takes an unusual share, with lung and tripe leading the Beef and the Lamb. Only the Chicken and the Turkey print glucosamine and chondroitin. No recipe prints a calcium figure, and ash ranges from 5.5% to 16.0% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

150.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

15%

Fat

11.5%

Fibre

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

72.5%

Dry weight

Protein

54.5%

Fat

41.8%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

5.5%

Carbs

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

80%

Carbs

0.1%

Veg

18.6%

Oils

0.3%

Other

Pricing & size