Lovejoys

Lovejoys Original Dry Senior / Light: Turkey & Rice review

Name: Lovejoys Original Dry Senior / Light: Turkey & Rice
Brand: Lovejoys

51.9/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

A rice-led kibble for older dogs and for any dog a bit heavier than it ought to be, pitched below a standard adult kibble on energy. Each bag keeps to one animal from the meal down to the fat. Both land in our Good band, a gentle recipe doing a gentle job.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs winding down their exercise, with fewer calories per 100g than the 357 typical of adult dry food
Watching a dog's shape: fat at 8.5% in the lamb and 8.0% in the turkey
Dogs that need to stay on one animal
Homes keeping a dog away from fish
Stiffening joints, as an everyday top-up

Worth watching

Firmly grain-inclusive, with gluten in the barley of the lamb bag
Carbohydrate at 58.2% and 58.6% of dry matter, against a typical 46.2%
Gentle protein, better for a steady household dog than a hard worker

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

How this scores

How we score

51.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. For a dog between 10kg and 20kg the label asks 175 to 260 grams a day; let the waistline settle where in that band your dog sits.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Lamb 53.8
Turkey 51.9

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A food squarely with the crowd: the rice-first label and high starch hold it there, which suits the slowing dog on the bag well enough.

What's in it

Rice50.0%Half the bag.
Whole oats
Turkey meat meal17.5%Turkey is easy to digest and lighter than chicken, a common pick for light and senior recipes.
Turkey digest
Whole linseed2.5%Plant omega 3.
Sugar beet pellets, turkey fat, alfalfa pelletsThe fat names turkey too.
Seaweed meal0.5%
Fructo-oligosaccharidesThe prebiotic.
Joint pack (glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, MSM)0.08%Everyday support.
Extract of Yucca schidigera200 mg/kg

The same numbered panel as the lamb, zinc at 100 mg and vitamin E at 190 mg per kilo among it, plus natural antioxidants.

Calcium is declared on this bag, at 1.25% of dry matter; the lamb bag gives no figure.

Named ingredients

Rice (50.0%), Whole Oats, Turkey Meat Meal (17.5%), Turkey Digest, Whole Linseed (2.5%), Sugar Beet Pellets, Turkey Fat, Alfalfa Pellets, Seaweed Meal (0.5%), Fructo-oligosaccharides (Prebiotic FOS), Joint Pack (Glucosamine, Chondroitin Sulphate and MSM) (0.08%), Extract of Yucca Schidigera (200 mg/kg)

Against the range

Rice: 50.0%; 43.0% in the lamb.
Protein and fat, as declared: 19.0% and 8.0%; 18.0% and 8.5% in the lamb.
Second grain: Whole oats; Whole barley in the lamb.

A shade leaner of the two, with more rice and less meal in the bag.

Both bags open with rice and bring the meat in as a dried meal, with the digest and the fat behind it naming the same species: lamb throughout one bag, turkey throughout the other. Neither carries fish meal or fish oil.

Whole linseed supplies the plant omega 3, seaweed meal brings iodine, and a combined joint pack of glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate and MSM sits at 0.08% in both. What varies is the second grain (barley in the lamb, oats in the turkey), the meal share and the linseed share.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

330 kcal/100g

Protein

19%

Fat

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

20.7%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

4.9%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

58.6%

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

25.4%

Carbs

67.3%

Veg

1.8%

Oils

1.7%

Other

3.7%

Pricing & size