Trophy Pet Foods

Trophy Pet Foods Trophy Lifestyle Special review

Name: Trophy Pet Foods Trophy Lifestyle Special
Brand: Trophy Pet Foods

45.8/100Average

DryPuppyAdult

The busiest recipe in the Trophy Lifestyle line, and a fine everyday bowl for a dog with a settled stomach. Wheat and maize open the list, so it sits in our Average band. Taurine at 385mg and L-Carnitine at 190mg are printed, more than most everyday kibbles bother with.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs with no known food sensitivities
Owners who want the working extras printed with doses
Older dogs feeling their joints. Glucosamine and green-lipped mussel are both in the recipe
A puppy and an adult sharing one bag, as the label is written
Medium dogs on an ordinary daily routine

Worth watching

Glucose syrup fifth on the list, so added sugar is in the mix
Chicken, lamb and duck together, plus salmon oil, so no use for an elimination trial or a fish-free diet
Mostly cereal: carbohydrate estimated at 55.4% of dry matter against 46.2% for a typical adult dry food
No moisture figure printed, so the dry matter figures assume 8%

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

How this scores

How we score

45.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies and adults of medium size. Trophy's table asks about 215 grams a day for a 15kg dog, a little under our estimate, so judge it by your dog's waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Trophy Lifestyle Special 45.8

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Wheat, maize and glucose syrup keep it a step under the typical dry food, though the label is more forthcoming than most at this level.

What's in it

Wheat, maizeSet the shape of the kibble. Wheat is the usual culprit when a dog reacts to grain.
Chickenmin. 15% meal, 4% freshWater cooks out of the fresh share, so the meal is what carries through.
Ricemin. 15%One of the softer grains here, with the oats.
Glucose syrupA plain sugar for palatability and the colour the kibble takes on in cooking.
Chicken fat, lamb mealmin. 3% lamb
Wheatfeed, beet pulp, peas, oats, lucerne
Duck meal, yeast, minerals, potatoThe yeast brings mannan oligosaccharides, a prebiotic.
Full fat linseed, carrot, seaweed, salmon oilPlant and marine omega 3, with iodine from the seaweed.
Glucosamine, green-lipped musselJoint support, with no dose in print.
Yucca, rosemary, blackcurrant, pomegranate

Taurine at 385mg and L-Carnitine at 190mg per kilo, with zinc at 159mg plus 27mg as a glycine chelate and a conventional vitamin and mineral panel.

Named ingredients

Wheat, Maize, Chicken (min. 15% chicken meal and 4% freshly prepared chicken), Rice (min. 15%), Glucose Syrup, Chicken Fat, Lamb Meal (min. 3%), Wheatfeed, Unmolassed Beet Pulp, Peas, Oats, Lucerne, Duck Meal, Yeast, Minerals, Potato, Full Fat Linseed, Carrot, Seaweed, Salmon Oil, Glucosamine, Green-Lipped Mussel, Yucca Schidigera, Rosemary, Blackcurrant, Pomegranate.

Against the range

One cereal-led recipe drawing on four animal sources: chicken, lamb and duck as meals and salmon as oil. Every one is named, with no derivatives hiding anything, and the mineral panel is dosed in print.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

360 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

55.4%

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

17%

Carbs

73.2%

Oils

2.9%

Other

6.9%

Pricing & size