Lovel

Lovel Dry review

Name: Lovel Dry
Brand: Lovel

75.6/100Excellent

DryPuppyAdult

One grain-free recipe, no flavour variants, and built meat first. Chicken and salmon each appear twice, once deboned and once dehydrated, so you can see where the protein in the kibble comes from. Whole egg powder backs them up, and cassava with sweet potato carry what starch there is.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do best when meat leads, with five named animal entries ahead of the plants
Label readers. Nothing hides behind a family name
Dogs kept off grain; cassava and sweet potato do the binding
Busy, active dogs, protein at 37.0% of dry matter and fat at 19.6%
Homes with dogs of different ages, since one bag covers puppies, adults and seniors

Worth watching

Calcium at 2.51% of dry matter runs high for a large breed puppy. Take the figure to your vet first
A broad recipe for an exclusion trial: chicken, turkey, salmon and egg
Dense at 380 kcal per 100g, so measure portions for a gentle walker

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

How this scores

How we score

75.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. The label's table is written for active dogs (125 to 200 grams for 10kg to 20kg), so a quieter dog sits nearer the bottom.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lovel Dry 75.6

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

No pillar carries the total alone and none drags it down, with transparency the strongest of the four.

What's in it

Deboned chicken, dehydrated chicken16%, 14%Both forms declared separately. Deboned means fresh, and mostly water before the oven.
Dehydrated turkey14%
Deboned salmon, dehydrated salmon13%, 4%The dehydrated entries carry the protein into the finished kibble.
Cassava, sweet potatoThe only substantial plants. No grain, no white potato.
Pure chicken oil8%Named to species.
Whole egg powder6%Doing real work at that share: egg is as complete a protein as a dog gets.
Salmon oil2%Marine omega 3, the source a coat answers fastest.
Pea fibre, minerals, seaweed
MOS, FOS, green tea, yucca, glucosamine, chondroitin200mg/kg down to 50mg/kgPrebiotics and a small joint pair, all at printed doses.
Grape seed, berries, herbs and vegetablesGrape seed is not the fruit; it is a tiny antioxidant dose. The rest is garnish.

Zinc and copper each split between sulphate and amino acid chelate, the chelate being the form a dog's gut generally makes better use of; preserved with rosemary.

Calcium works out at 2.51% of dry matter. For a large breed puppy, take that figure to your vet.

Named ingredients

Deboned Chicken (16%), Dehydrated Chicken (14%), Dehydrated Turkey (14%), Deboned Salmon, (13%), Cassava, Sweet Potato, Pure Chicken Oil (8%), Whole Egg Powder (6%), Dehydrated Salmon (4%), Salmon Oil (2%), Pea Fibre, Minerals, Prebiotic MOS (200mg/kg), Prebiotic FOS (200mg/kg), Seaweed, Green Tea (100mg/kg), Yucca Extract (100mg/kg), Glucosamine (100mg/kg), Carrots, Grape Seed (50mg/kg), Chondroitin (50mg/kg), Spinach, Green Beans, Bilberries, Cranberries (50mg/kg), Blackcurrants, Apple, Comfrey, Dandelion, Marigold, Chamomile, Peppermint.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

380 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

37%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

30.3%

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

64.1%

Carbs

Veg

0.4%

Oils

10%

Other

18.5%

Pricing & size