Lifestage

Lifestage Grain Free Raw: Chicken review

Name: Lifestage Grain Free Raw: Chicken
Brand: Lifestage

90.5/100Outstanding

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

90.5/100Outstanding

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

Chicken

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

Chicken with bone70%Carries the recipe.
Chicken heart5%
Chicken liver5%
Green vegetables10%
Carrots8.5%
Blueberries1%
Salmon oil0.3%The omega 3 a muscle-led raw recipe would otherwise miss.
Kelp, wheat grass powder

Glucosamine at 400 mg/kg and chondroitin at 300 mg/kg, real doses.

Named ingredients

Chicken with bone (70%), chicken heart (5%), chicken liver (5%), green vegetables (10%), carrots (8.5%), blueberries (1%), salmon oil (0.3%), kelp, wheat grass powder.

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 50.0%; Richest of the seven; the Lamb is 27.3%.
Energy: 177 kcal per 100g; Down to 93 on the Lamb.
Joint support: Glucosamine and chondroitin printed; Only the Turkey also carries them.

The richest tub in the range and the top scorer, best for a dog that burns plenty.

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

177.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

13%

Fat

15.5%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

69%

Dry weight

Protein

41.9%

Fat

50%

Fibre

4.8%

Ash

8.1%

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