Techni-Cal

Techni-Cal Lifestages Senior & Weight Control review

Name: Techni-Cal Lifestages Senior & Weight Control
Brand: Techni-Cal

64.3/100Good

DryAdultSenior

The brand's plain adult recipe with the fat pulled down to 10.0%, and for an older dog carrying a bit too much weight it does exactly what it was built to do. Beet pulp moves high up the list to keep a hungry dog feeling fed, and L-carnitine is added at 100 mg. It finishes in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs that have put weight on
Rationing a dog that gains easily, at 355 kcal per 100 grams
An ageing dog and a middle-aged one fed from the same bag
A full bowl without a rich one, with beet pulp fourth and barley behind it
Owners who like the fatty acids printed: omega 3 at 4.36 g and omega 6 at 16.55 g

Worth watching

Wheat sits right behind maize, which matters for a dog with a known wheat sensitivity
Carbohydrate converts to 52.7% of dry matter, the usual trade when fat comes out
Three birds in one entry, so a reactive dog cannot be steered between them
No trace mineral amounts published

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

How this scores

How we score

64.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Start on the label's table, which puts a 15kg dog at 205 grams a day, and let the waistline guide you from there.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Techni-Cal Lifestages Senior & Weight Control 64.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Fat out means starch in, and that trade both holds the score down and is the whole point for an older dog carrying extra weight.

What's in it

Dehydrated chicken, turkey and duckWater out before mixing, so leading with it means something. The proportions of the three birds are not given.
Maize
WheatStraight behind the maize.
Beet pulpUnusually high and clearly deliberate: it firms a stool and slows a meal down.
Barley
Chicken fatKept low; fat is 11.0% of dry matter.
Salmon oil (cold pressed), linseedOmega 3, which matters more in an older dog.
Brewers yeastB vitamins and taste for a fading appetite.
Dried apple, sodium chloride, fructo-oligosaccharidesPectin from the apple, and food for the gut bacteria.

L-carnitine to shuttle fat into cells that burn it, the most choline in the range, and vitamin E dosed; trace mineral amounts are not printed.

No trace mineral doses are published, and an older dog relies on zinc and copper as much as any.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

One weight-control kibble for older dogs, led by a single dehydrated entry of chicken, turkey and duck. Fat is pulled down to 10.0%, beet pulp is pushed up to fourth, and maize, wheat and barley fill the space. The vitamins and fatty acids are printed; the trace minerals are not.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

355 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

11%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.6%

Carbs

52.7%

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

60.1%

Carbs

36.1%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

2.3%

Other

1.2%

Pricing & size