veterinary diet
This is a medical nutrition decision. Speak to your vet.
This is a veterinary diet product: a "dietetic" feed designed for a particular nutritional purpose and intended for use under veterinary direction. The score and figures below are readings of the label, the same as for any other food: they can't tell you whether this product is right for your dog.
Calibra Veterinary Diets Hepatic
Dry Extruded complete veterinary diet Clear label
Is Calibra Veterinary Diets Hepatic a good dog food?
We score it 59/100 (Average). This reflects the ingredient quality, composition and label transparency of the recipe as declared on the label.
Why this score?
This recipe achieves a total score of 59 out of 100 based on our analysis. The overall quality of the ingredient list contributed +6.3 points to the final rating. Conversely, the processing format adjusted the score by -7, while the carbohydrate content added -6.7. Finally, ingredients without printed percentages resulted in a further adjustment of -3.3. This is a general explanation of how the score works, not veterinary advice. For any health condition, food choice is a decision for your vet.
25% of this recipe has no printed percentage. Estimated shares are model estimates, not label facts.
- Recipe59
- Nutritionalmedium84
- Transparency60
- Safety100
- EvidenceNot recorded
The Recipe score measures how attractive and transparent the declared ingredient list is. It is not, by itself, proof that the food is nutritionally appropriate for long-term feeding. The Nutritional and Evidence scores measure what we can verify towards that stronger claim.
Complete extruded dry food for adult dogs, with rice, salmon protein and chicken oil and fat as the main ingredients.
Why you might choose it
- Prints ingredient percentages on the label.
- Nutritionally complete: formulated to be fed as the whole diet.
Why you might not
- Low in protein: 18% protein on a dry-matter basis.
Estimated composition
Typical analysis (as fed)
- Protein
- 16%
- Fat
- 16%
- Fibre
- 3%
- Ash
- 4%
- Moisture
- 10%
- Carbohydrates
- 51%
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- 0.60%
- Omega-6 fatty acids
- 2.20%
- Calcium
- 0.65%
- Phosphorus
- 0.60%
- Sodium
- 0.10%
Additives & feeding info
No additives recorded yet.
Who is this food for?
Suits
- Labelled by the manufacturer for adult dogs
- Doesn't list beef, turkey, lamb, venison, pork, duck as ingredients
Consider something else if:
- Your dog avoids chicken: the label lists hydrolysed chicken liver
- Your dog avoids fish: the label lists salmon protein
- Your dog avoids grain: the label lists rice - white
- You want a single-protein recipe: this one lists more than one animal protein
- You need more protein than this: 17.8% on a dry-matter basis is in the low band
These points are derived from declared ingredients and analysis, not a substitute for veterinary advice. If your dog has a diagnosed condition, food choice is a medical nutrition decision: speak to your vet. Use the homepage filter to find foods that fit your dog.
Ingredients (18)
| # | As declared | Matched | Category | Tier | Declared % | Est. % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice (55%) | Rice - white | carb | medium | 55 | 55.0 |
| 2 | Salmon Protein (10%) | Salmon Protein | meat | good | 10 | 10.0 |
| 3 | Chicken Fat | Chicken Oil and Fat | oil | good | - | 2.7 |
| 4 | Dried Apples | Apples | veg | good | - | 2.6 |
| 5 | Salmon Oil | Salmon Oil | oil | good | - | 2.5 |
| 6 | Hydrolysed Salmon Protein (5%) | Salmon Protein | meat | good | 5 | 5.0 |
| 7 | Dried Eggs (4%) | Dried Egg | meat | medium | 4 | 4.0 |
| 8 | Hydrolysed Chicken Liver | Hydrolysed Chicken Liver | meat | medium | - | 2.4 |
| 9 | Brewers Yeast | Brewer's Yeast | supplement | good | - | 2.3 |
| 10 | Fulvic Acid (0.5%) | Fulvic Acid | supplement | medium | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 11 | Algae Schizochytrium Limacinum (0.3%) | Schizochytrium Algae | supplement | good | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 12 | Milk Thistle Seeds | Milk Thistle | veg | good | - | 2.2 |
| 13 | Fructooligosaccharides | Fructo-oligosaccharides | supplement | good | - | 2.0 |
| 14 | Beta Glucans | Beta-Glucans | supplement | good | - | 1.9 |
| 15 | Mannanoligosaccharides | Mannanoligosaccharides | supplement | good | - | 1.8 |
| 16 | Mojave Yucca | Yucca Schidigera | supplement | good | - | 1.7 |
| 17 | Curcuma & Green Tea Decaffeinated Extract | Green Tea | veg | good | - | 1.6 |
| 18 | Lactobacillus Acidophilus Ha 122 Inactivated | Inactivated Lactobacillus helveticus | supplement | good | - | 1.5 |
Brand
- Website
- https://calibrastore.co.uk/
Trust and provenance
- Recall history
- No recalls recorded in our database
- Label data last checked
- 2026-09-12
- Scored with
- Model v2 (methodology)
- Product page
- calibrastore.co.uk
Recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score. Dates are when we recorded the data, not when the manufacturer last changed the recipe.
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Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated
Scored with model v2 on 2026-09-22. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.
| Component | Input | Coefficient | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base score | - | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Average ingredient quality | 0.6 | 9.915 | +6.28 |
| Meat share of dry matter | 16.4% | 0.116 | +1.91 |
| Carb share of dry matter | 59.9% | -0.113 | -6.75 |
| Oil share of dry matter | 6.4% | -0.088 | -0.56 |
| Vegetable share of dry matter | 3.6% | -0.002 | -0.01 |
| Supplement share of dry matter | 13.7% | -0.009 | -0.12 |
| Undeclared quantities | 25.2% | -0.131 | -3.30 |
| Prints ingredient percentages | yes | 3.194 | +3.19 |
| Complete diet | yes | 1.703 | +1.70 |
| Meat share × printed percentages | 16.4 | -0.073 | -1.20 |
| Processing multiplier | 1.00 | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Processing: Dry Extruded | yes | -6.996 | -7.00 |
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| Component | Input | Coefficient | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base score | - | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Average ingredient quality | 0.6 | 9.915 | +6.28 |
| Meat share of dry matter | 16.4% | 0.116 | +1.91 |
| Carb share of dry matter | 59.9% | -0.113 | -6.75 |
| Oil share of dry matter | 6.4% | -0.088 | -0.56 |
| Vegetable share of dry matter | 3.6% | -0.002 | -0.01 |
| Additive share of dry matter | 0.0% | 0.177 | +0.00 |
| Supplement share of dry matter | 13.7% | -0.009 | -0.12 |
| Other share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.371 | +0.00 |
| Unrecognised share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.022 | +0.00 |
| Recipe graded poor | 0.0% | -0.045 | +0.00 |
| Poor-quality meat in recipe | 0.0% | -0.182 | +0.00 |
| Number of poor ingredients | 0 | -0.868 | +0.00 |
| Largest single poor ingredient | 0.0% | 0.056 | +0.00 |
| Undeclared quantities | 25.2% | -0.131 | -3.30 |
| Prints ingredient percentages | yes | 3.194 | +3.19 |
| Complete diet | yes | 1.703 | +1.70 |
| Frozen or chilled fresh | no | 11.440 | +0.00 |
| High meat (30%+ of dry matter) | no | -0.506 | +0.00 |
| Low meat (under 10% of dry matter) | no | -1.988 | +0.00 |
| High carb and low meat | no | -1.250 | +0.00 |
| Meat share × printed percentages | 16.4 | -0.073 | -1.20 |
| Meat share × fresh | 0.0 | -0.339 | +0.00 |
| Fresh × high meat | 0.0 | 16.475 | +0.00 |
| Additive penalty | 0.00 | 0.236 | +0.00 |
| Processing multiplier | 1.00 | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Processing: Raw | no | 13.322 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Chilled | no | 7.712 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Frozen | no | 6.583 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Refrigerated | no | 4.857 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Shelf | no | 0.072 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Freeze Dried | no | 11.127 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Air Dried | no | 9.320 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Cold Pressed | no | 4.569 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Baked | no | -2.321 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Extruded | yes | -6.996 | -7.00 |
| Processing: Dry Semi Moist | no | -6.833 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Muesli | no | -10.711 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Wet Pate | no | 2.935 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Wet Chunks | no | 2.292 | +0.00 |
- Processing-type offset
- -0.01
- Subtotal
- 58.8
- Final score
- 59/100
Contributions are rounded to two decimals, so they may not sum exactly to the subtotal. The full coefficient table is published on the methodology page.
Score history across model versions
The score shown above is always computed with the latest published model. Earlier scores are kept for the record and are never edited or deleted; a scoring change ships as a new model version with a public write-up on the methodology page.
| Model | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| v2 | 59/100 | current |
| v1 | 56/100 | |
| v1.9 | 58/100 |
Nutritional: declared analysis vs reference ranges
How the declared analysis compares with FEDIAF reference ranges for adult dogs. The label prints as-fed values; we convert to a dry-matter basis before scoring, and the bands are dry-matter ranges. Scores rise to 100 at the band midpoint: the reference is adequacy, not maximisation. Nutrients with a published upper limit taper again above it; fat is policed through calorie density rather than a direct penalty.
| Nutrient | As fed (label) | Dry matter (scored) | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 16 | 17.8 (band 18 to 40%) | 69.1 |
| Fat | 16 | 17.8 (band 5.5 to 20%) | 100 |
| Fibre | 3 | 3.3 (band 0.5 to 5%) | 100 |
| Calcium | 0.65 | 0.7 (band 0.5 to 2.5%) | 76.7 |
| Phosphorus | 0.6 | 0.7 (band 0.4 to 1.6%) | 83.3 |
| Calcium:phosphorus ratio | 1.1 | 1.1 (band 1 to 2%) | 75 |
| Omega fatty acids (omega-6 and omega-3) | - | - | 100 |
Omega fatty acids (omega-6 and omega-3): scored as the mean of its declared components (omega-6 100). The FEDIAF minimum for omega-6 is linoleic acid specifically.
Scored over 7 declared nutrients (combined weight 90); undeclared nutrients do not affect the score.
Medium confidence: the full five-part analysis is on file; where moisture was not declared it was estimated from the food type.
This measures agreement with published reference ranges, not suitability for an individual dog. For medical conditions, follow veterinary guidance.
Transparency: what the label discloses
How much the manufacturer discloses, measured against the FEDIAF Code of Good Labelling Practice and Regulation 767/2009. Mandatory items dominate the weighting.
| Item | Points |
|---|---|
| Ingredient list on the label (mandatory) | 10/10 |
| Printed percentages on the label (74.8% of the recipe mass) (voluntary) | 15/20 |
| Analytical constituents declared (mandatory) | 15/15 |
| Additives declared (mandatory) - not on file | 0/10 |
| Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file | 0/5 |
| Complete/complementary designation (mandatory) | 5/5 |
| Feeding guidance given (mandatory) - not on file | 0/10 |
| Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory) | 5/10 |
| Country of manufacture stated (voluntary) | 10/10 |
| Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file | 0/5 |
Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (Additives declared, Feeding guidance given, Batch and date labelling).
Safety: recall history
Recall and safety-notice history, time-decayed. This dimension is shown alongside the score and never feeds the headline number.
No recalls recorded in our database.
See all current recalls we track.
Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it
No on-pack claims on file: nothing to verify.
The full scoring method is published. See the methodology for exactly how the headline score and each dimension are calculated.
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