Lifestage

Lifestage Senior Dry Food review

Name: Lifestage Senior Dry Food
Brand: Lifestage

56.2/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A turkey kibble for older dogs, and turkey is the only animal in it from top to bottom. It sits in our Good band, carried by a clear label more than by meat. The grain does a fair share of the work.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Seniors whose owners want one named animal in the meat column
Older dogs that have started to stiffen, with glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM in the recipe
A grain-based bowl, brown rice, white rice and oats sharing the starch
A sensitive middle. Beet pulp at 5% works with chicory extract and FOS

Worth watching

Joint supplements named with no doses, so the amount in each bowl is unknown
An omega 3 supplement with no source given; ring Lifestage if your dog is kept off fish
Carbohydrate estimated at 57.6% of dry matter, a maintenance bowl with no pretence of being meat-heavy

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

How this scores

How we score

56.2/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs. Start in the middle of the label's range and trust the waistline from there.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Lifestage Senior Dry Food 56.2

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Consistency is what lifts it: one named animal, a dosed mineral panel and an analysis that matches the list, with Outstanding transparency beside an Average protein reading.

What's in it

Turkey26%The leaner of the common birds.
Turkey meal17%Goes in already dried, so it carries most of the meat weight.
Freshly prepared turkey, turkey fat, turkey gravy5%, 2%, 2%Fresh forms lose most of their weight in the oven.
Brown rice, white rice21% eachCooked rice is among the easiest carbohydrates for a dog.
Oats20%Fibre, manganese, magnesium and B vitamins.
Beet pulp5%Both kinds of fibre.
Linseed3%Plant omega 3 with some fibre.
Alfalfa, minerals, seaweed, omega 3 supplementThe omega 3 source is not named.
FOS, chicory extract, yucca extract, dandelionsPrebiotics for the large bowel; yucca for stool odour.
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphateThe set you would hope for, with no amounts printed.

A fully dosed mineral panel with copper, iodine, iron, manganese and selenium, and zinc as an oxide, a form the gut takes up less readily than a chelate.

The printed percentages add up to more than a whole recipe, so read each as the maker's indication.

Named ingredients

Turkey (26%), Turkey Meal (17%), Freshly Prepared Turkey (5%), Turkey Fat (2%), Turkey Gravy (2%), Brown Rice (21%), White Rice (21%), Oats (20%), Beet Pulp (5%), Linseed (3%), Alfalfa, Minerals, Seaweed, Omega 3 Supplement, Fructooligosaccharides (Fos), Chicory Extract, Yucca Extract, Dandelions, Glucosamine, Methylsulfonylmethane, Chondroitin Sulphate

Against the range

Turkey supplies every animal entry, as meat, meal, fresh turkey, fat and gravy. Brown and white rice take 21% each with oats at 20%, and the tail adds prebiotics and the three usual joint supplements, undosed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

327 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

21%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

57.6%

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

41%

Carbs

54.9%

Oils

1.6%

Other

2.5%

Pricing & size