Lily's Kitchen

Lily's Kitchen Dry Small Breed: Chicken & Duck review

Name: Lily's Kitchen Dry Small Breed: Chicken & Duck
Brand: Lily's Kitchen

55.6/100Good

DryAdult

The brand's chicken and duck recipe, baked into a kibble a little mouth can manage. Sweet potato carries the starch in place of cereal, and the joint mix and prebiotics arrive with figures against them. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed dogs, with a kibble sized for a little jaw
A stiffening small dog: glucosamine and MSM at 175 mg/kg each, chondroitin at 125 mg/kg
Little dogs kept away from grain
An unsettled tummy, with MOS and FOS dosed in print

Worth watching

Salmon oil and egg, so neither fish free nor egg free
Pea and potato protein supplying part of the protein figure

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

How this scores

How we score

55.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. A small dog eats a good deal less than the 15kg guide, so scale the portion from the bag to your own dog's weight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 55.6

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Transparency carries it; the water in the fresh meat before baking leaves protein at 25.5% of dry matter, and that holds it at the middle.

What's in it

Fresh chicken31%A wet weight, so less survives into the baked kibble.
Freshly prepared duck, chicken liver8%, 3%Duck digests easily; liver is dense in vitamin B12, vitamin A and copper.
Sweet potatoes29%The biggest plant entry, with more fibre and vitamin A than the common potato.
Whole peas, whole lentils6.5% peasFibre and micronutrients, used in moderation.
Pea protein, potato proteinConcentrated plant proteins, below meat for quality.
Flaxseed, egg, chicken gravyEgg is a small amount of high quality protein.
Botanicals and herbs1%Twelve of them, finishing touches.
Salmon oilMarine omega 3; the entry to watch where fish is off the menu.
Prebiotics: MOS, FOS1.3g/kg, 0.8g/kg
Carrots, apples, joint care mix, cranberries, spinachGlucosamine, MSM and chondroitin all dosed.

Named ingredients

42% Chicken & Duck: Fresh Chicken (31%), Freshly Prepared Duck (8%), Chicken Liver (3%). Sweet Potatoes (29%), Whole Peas (6.5%), Whole Lentils, Pea Protein, Flaxseed, Egg, Potato Protein, Chicken Gravy, Minerals, Botanicals & Herbs* (1%), Salmon Oil, Prebiotics (Mannan Oligosaccharides 1.3g/kg, Fructooligosaccharides 0.8g/kg), Carrots, Apples, Joint Care Mix (Glucosamine 175mg/kg, Methylsulfonylmethane 175mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 125mg/kg), Cranberries, Spinach. *Botanicals & Herbs: Alfalfa, Chickweed, Cleavers, Goldenrod, Nettles, Seaweed, Dandelion Root, Celery Seeds, Milk Thistle, Burdock Root, Marigold Flowers, Rosehips.

Against the range

One small-breed kibble: chicken and duck at 42% together, sweet potato at 29%, then peas and lentils, with no grain. The joint mix and prebiotics are dosed in print, and a herb blend and a few fruits and vegetables make up the trace tail.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

359 kcal/100g

Protein

23.5%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

25.5%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

50.6%

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

59.1%

Carbs

34.9%

Veg

1.4%

Oils

0.4%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size