Lifestage

Lifestage Grain Free Raw: Lamb review

Name: Lifestage Grain Free Raw: Lamb
Brand: Lifestage

84.6/100Outstanding

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

84.6/100Outstanding

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

Lamb

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

Lamb tripe30%
Lamb lung25%Offal leads, as on the Beef.
Lamb with bone20%
Lamb liver5%Every animal entry is lamb.
Green vegetables10%
Carrots8.5%
Blueberries1%
Salmon oil0.3%
Kelp, wheat grass powder

Named ingredients

Lamb tripe (30%), lamb lung (25%), lamb with bone (20%), lamb liver (5%), green vegetables (10%), carrots (8.5%), blueberries (1%), salmon oil (0.3%), kelp, wheat grass powder.

Against the range

Energy: 93 kcal per 100g; Easily the leanest; up to 177 on the Chicken.
Fat, dry matter: 27.3%; 26.4% to 50.0% across the range.
Animals: Lamb only; Single-species, like the Beef and the Chicken.

The tub for a steadier dog watching its weight.

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

93 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

12%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

3.5%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

54.5%

Fat

27.3%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

15.9%

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