Lily's Kitchen

Lily's Kitchen Organic Bake review

Name: Lily's Kitchen Organic Bake
Brand: Lily's Kitchen

47/100Average

DryAdult

A certified organic chicken kibble that sits in our Average band, a step below the typical adult dry food. What it does well is the label: one bird and no other animal, with percentages printed right down to 0.04% against the spinach. Grain does more of the work than the chicken.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who buy organic as a matter of course. Every substantive ingredient carries the organic label
Dogs that need one animal and no other
A fish-free bowl, with no fish or fish oil anywhere on the list
Households happy with grain who want each one named and given a percentage
Readers who like prebiotics with a dose printed against them

Worth watching

Barley carries gluten
Organic rice protein high on the list, so some of the panel's protein comes from grain
Chicken is the whole animal side, which rules out a dog that reacts to it

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

How this scores

How we score

47/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. If gluten is being avoided, the barley settles the question before you order.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lily's Kitchen Organic Bake 47.0

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Transparency comes back Outstanding, but the grain share holds the rest of the score down.

What's in it

Fresh organic chicken40%The only meat on the list. Fresh chicken is mostly water, so the baked kibble holds less meat than 40% implies.
Organic rice, organic barley16% eachRice is gentle on the gut. Barley adds fibre, and gluten with it.
Organic oats9%More fibre, plus B vitamins and manganese.
Organic rice proteinA concentrated plant protein. Part of the panel's protein comes from here.
Organic whole peas, organic whole lentils3.5% eachFibre and micronutrients at modest levels.
Minerals, organic chicken gravyThe gravy is the only other animal entry.
Organic botanicals and herbs1%A twelve-herb blend including turmeric, alfalfa and milk thistle.
Prebiotics (mannan oligosaccharides, fructooligosaccharides from organic inulin)2g/kg, 0.1g/kgDosed on the label, which few makers bother to do.
Organic carrots, broccoli, spinach, parsnips0.1% down to 0.04%
Organic honey

Minerals are declared but no additives panel is given in our data.

Named ingredients

Fresh Organic Chicken (40%), Organic Rice (16%), Organic Barley (16%), Organic Oats (9%), Organic Rice Protein, Organic Whole Peas (3.5%), Organic Whole Lentils (3.5%), Minerals, Organic Chicken Gravy, Organic Botanicals & Herbs* (1%), Prebiotics (Mannan Oligosaccharides 2g/kg, Fructooligosaccharides 0.1g/kg from Organic Inulin), Organic Carrots (0.1%), Organic Broccoli (0.04%), Organic Spinach (0.04%), Organic Parsnips (0.04%), Organic Honey. *Organic Botanicals & Herbs: Alfalfa, Turmeric, Cleavers, Goldenrod, Nettles, Seaweed, Dandelion Root, Celery Seeds, Milk Thistle, Burdock Root, Marigold Flowers, Rosehips.

Against the range

One recipe, certified organic throughout, with chicken as the only animal on the list. Rice, barley and oats between them take more of the recipe than the chicken does, and carbohydrate is estimated at 51.7% of dry matter. The label declares no moisture, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

363 kcal/100g

Protein

23%

Fat

12%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

51.7%

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

42.1%

Carbs

53%

Veg

Other

2.9%

Pricing & size