Lifestage

Lifestage Naturals Senior Dog Food review

Name: Lifestage Naturals Senior Dog Food
Brand: Lifestage

45.6/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A plain-spoken white fish kibble for older dogs, in our Average band. The useful part is the split: 15% fresh white fish and 15% dried, so the protein has a real backbone. Rice and barley do most of the carrying.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs that prefer fish to the usual birds
Owners who want a short list with nothing to look up
A younger and an older dog fed from one bag
A creeping waistline. Crude fibre is 6.5%, with beet pulp at 5% adding bulk

Worth watching

Chicken fat alongside the fish, so a dog kept off chicken needs another bag
Carbohydrate at an estimated 57.5% of dry matter, better for a steady dog than a working one
Gluten, which comes in with the barley

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

How this scores

How we score

45.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of every size. If your dog is on an elimination plan that excludes chicken, the chicken fat rules it out.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Lifestage Naturals Senior Dog Food 45.6

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Every entry is declared plainly, but the honest label sits inside a plain, grain-heavy recipe, and that keeps it a step under the typical adult kibble.

What's in it

Freshly prepared white fish15%Mostly water before cooking.
Dried white fish15%The half that really lands in the kibble.
Fish gravy, fish oil3%, 0.5%The omega source, from the same family as the headline meat.
Brown rice, white rice16% eachAbout as easy as carbohydrate gets once cooked.
Barley12%Fibre, selenium and copper. Also brings gluten.
Peas
Dried beet pulp5%Soluble and insoluble fibre, which tends to steady an older dog's digestion.
Chicken fatOrdinary, palatable energy, but chicken is not kept out of the bag.
Pea proteinPlant material in the protein figure, not more fish.
Minerals, lucerne, dried seaweed, yuccaseaweed 0.1%Seaweed for iodine; yucca for stool odour.

Named ingredients

Fish (33.5%, of which freshly prepared white fish 15%, dried white fish 15%, fish gravy 3% and fish oil 0.5%), brown rice (16%), white rice (16%), barley (12%), peas, dried beet pulp (5%), chicken fat, pea protein, minerals, lucerne, dried seaweed (0.1%, omega 3 supplement), Yucca schidigera

Against the range

One white fish kibble for older dogs, fish at 33.5% with the fresh and dried halves printed separately. Rice and barley form the base and beet pulp lifts the fibre. Chicken fat is the one non-fish animal entry.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

334 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

22%

Fat

Fibre

6.5%

Ash

3.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.4%

Fat

8.5%

Fibre

6.9%

Ash

3.7%

Carbs

57.5%

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

30.5%

Added water

Carbs

61.2%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

2.8%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size