Techni-Cal

Techni-Cal Lifestages Adult review

Name: Techni-Cal Lifestages Adult
Brand: Techni-Cal

64/100Good

DryAdult

A short, cereal-based kibble for medium, large and giant dogs, sitting in our Good band. One dehydrated entry covers chicken, turkey and duck, with wheat and maize carrying the starch behind it. It packs 378 kcal into every 100 grams, so a big dog with a big appetite and no grain trouble will keep in good order on it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Big dogs with uncomplicated stomachs
Medium, large and giant breed adults, the size range the label is written for
Hungry dogs that hold their condition easily, at 378 kcal per 100 grams
Owners who like an ingredients list they can read at a glance
A dull coat: linseed and cold pressed salmon oil together declare 5.09 g of omega 3
Calcium printed on the label, at 1.48% of dry matter

Worth watching

Wheat second on the list, the cereal owners most often find an itchy dog reacting to
Three birds in one entry with no split, so a dog avoiding chicken cannot be steered around it
Carbohydrate at 47.8% of dry matter, a little above the 46.2% typical of adult dry food
No trace mineral amounts on the published additive panel

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

How this scores

How we score

64/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of medium, large and giant breeds. A 15kg adult needs about 222 grams a day by our working, and the label's own table asks 235 grams for a 16kg dog.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Techni-Cal Lifestages Adult 64.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing on the list pulls the score down; the two cereals near the top and the missing mineral doses are what hold it in place.

What's in it

Dehydrated chicken, turkey and duckConcentrated protein leading the list, but the three birds are counted together, so there is no telling how much is duck.
WheatThe cereal that causes debate: it turns up most often when a dog proves sensitive.
MaizeDigestible once cooked, and brings a little protein with its starch.
Chicken fat
Beet pulpFerments slowly enough to firm a stool without loading the gut.
Salmon oil (cold pressed)Pressed without heat, which keeps more of the fragile omega 3 intact.
Brewers yeast, linseedB vitamins and palatability from the yeast; the plant side of the omega story from linseed.
Dried apple
Fructo-oligosaccharides, sodium chlorideA prebiotic fibre for the gut bacteria.

A generous vitamin panel, with vitamin E at 300 mg and choline chloride at 1640 mg, and the fatty acids printed; the trace elements are not published.

Zinc, copper, manganese and the other trace minerals are in the food, but their amounts are not published.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated chicken, turkey and duck, wheat, maize, chicken fat, beet pulp, salmon oil (cold pressed), brewers yeast, linseed, dried apple, fructo-oligosaccharides, sodium chloride.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

378 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

14%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

6.6%

Carbs

47.8%

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

62.2%

Carbs

30.6%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

4.8%

Other

1.9%

Pricing & size