Lifestage

Lifestage Senior Grain Free Wet review

Name: Lifestage Senior Grain Free Wet
Brand: Lifestage

79.2/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

An Excellent tin for older dogs, and it gets there without anything clever: turkey at 60%, potatoes at 26% and a short tail of oils and herbs. The senior label describes the soft texture and the mild meat. There is nothing in the recipe aimed at ageing joints.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs that have gone off a firmer meal. The tin is soft all the way through
Choosy eaters, as turkey is easy to digest and usually goes down well
Dogs kept to turkey, the only land animal on the label
Grain-free homes, with potatoes, carrots and peas carrying the starch
Older dogs that drink casually, given the 72.0% moisture

Worth watching

No glucosamine, chondroitin or other joint support, so a stiffening dog still needs what the vet provides
120 kcal per 100g against a typical 97 for wet food. Bring portions down for a dog that is slowing
Salmon oil on the list, so the tin is not fish free

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

How this scores

How we score

79.2/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Weigh the portion for an older dog that walks less, as this tin is richer than most wet food.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Lifestage Senior Grain Free Wet 79.2

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A plain recipe that earns its place on one named meat with a printed percentage and no category term to take on trust.

What's in it

Turkey60%Easy to digest and lower in fat than most alternatives, which suits a dog doing shorter walks.
Potatoes26%Doing the job a cereal does elsewhere. This is what lifts carbohydrate to an estimated 25.0% of dry matter.
Carrots, peas5% eachVitamin A and soluble fibre from the carrots, a spread of vitamins and more fibre from the peas.
Minerals
Salmon oilSmall, but it means the tin is not fish free.
Sunflower oil
Dried kelp, basilKelp is mainly there for iodine.
Vitamins

Vitamins A, D3 and E with a B complex, then zinc, manganese, selenium and iodine in their usual salts; the doses are not published.

Carbohydrate at an estimated 25.0% of dry matter, above the 15.8% typical for adult wet food.

Named ingredients

Turkey (60%), Potatoes (26%), Carrots (5%), Peas (5%), Minerals, Salmon Oil, Sunflower Oil, Dried Kelp, Basil, Vitamins

Against the range

One tin, one land animal. Turkey at 60% and potatoes at 26% make up most of it, every entry is something you could point at, and moisture sits at 72.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

120 kcal/100g

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

72%

Dry weight

Protein

35.7%

Fat

25%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

10.7%

Carbs

25%

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

60%

Added water

2.4%

Carbs

31%

Veg

5.2%

Oils

0.6%

Other

0.8%