Lily's Kitchen

Lily's Kitchen Senior Recipe for Older Dogs review

Name: Lily's Kitchen Senior Recipe for Older Dogs
Brand: Lily's Kitchen

77.4/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

Turkey at 60% is the whole story here, and once the water is out the panel reads 50.0% protein and 25.0% fat. That puts it in our Excellent band, with the estimated carbohydrate stopping at 10.0% of dry matter. The rest is a small kitchen garden and a dab of joint and gut support.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs who have gone off richer dinners. Turkey is the leaner of the everyday poultry meats
Cereal-free homes: the little starch there is comes from parsnips, carrots and sugar snap peas
Dogs whose back legs are slowing, with green lipped mussel and salmon oil on the list
Dogs that rarely visit the water bowl, at 80% moisture
A modest appetite that still needs nourishing

Worth watching

Salmon oil and green lipped mussel are animal ingredients too, so this is not a strict single animal trial
The mussel and the oil sit at 0.1% each, a nod to joints and coat, not a measured dose
Only a 150g size, and a larger dog gets through several a day

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

How this scores

How we score

77.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. If your dog already takes something for stiff joints, keep them on it with this as the dinner beneath.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Lily's Kitchen Senior Recipe for Older Dogs 77.4

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Protein and processing, nutritional balance and transparency all read Outstanding, and the placing simply follows a high meat share honestly declared.

What's in it

Turkey60%Listed plainly, which usually points to the fresh form. Lighter on fat than chicken with the protein kept up
Cranberries4%Vitamin C and antioxidants
Parsnips, carrots, sugar snap peas3% down to 1%Carrots bring vitamin A and a little soluble fibre once cooked
Minerals
KelpIodine and trace minerals
Salmon oil, green lipped mussel0.1% eachA gesture, not a programme
FOS, MOS0.1% eachPrebiotics that feed the useful bacteria, sensible for older digestions
Goldenrod, nettles, aniseed, rosehips, marigold flowers, cleavers, chickweed, alfalfa, milk thistle, dandelion root, burdock root, celery seedsThe Lily's Kitchen signature, at trace level

Named ingredients

Turkey (60%), Cranberries (4%), Parsnips (3%), Carrots (2%), Sugar Snap Peas (1%), Minerals, Kelp, Salmon Oil (0.1%), Green Lipped Mussel (0.1%), FOS (0.1%), MOS (0.1%), Goldenrod, Nettles, Aniseed, Rosehips, Marigold Flowers, Cleavers, Chickweed, Alfalfa, Milk Thistle, Dandelion Root, Burdock Root, Celery Seeds.

Against the range

One wet recipe. Turkey at 60% is listed plainly, with no meal or derivative, then a small plant side of cranberries, parsnips, carrots and sugar snap peas. No cereal appears. Salmon oil, green lipped mussel, FOS and MOS each sit at 0.1%, and a long herbal tail runs at trace level.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

90 kcal/100g

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

50%

Fat

25%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

12.5%

Carbs

10%

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

60.1%

Added water

17.8%

Carbs

Veg

9.8%

Oils

0.1%

Other

11.2%

Pricing & size