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Go Native Adult: Free Run Duck With Apple & Cranberry review

Name: Go Native Adult: Free Run Duck With Apple & Cranberry
Brand: Go Native

73.4/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

Grain-free kibble that picks one animal per recipe and stays with it, fresh and dried. Chicken, duck, herring and salmon all sit on the same frame, each in a standard and a small biscuit. Seven bags reach our Excellent band and the small salmon reads Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want the named animal doing the heavy lifting
Dogs that suit a cereal-free bowl
Rotation feeders: the four animals share one recipe
A small dog and a bigger one in the same house, as every flavour has a small biscuit
Older dogs stiff in the mornings, with glucosamine and chondroitin on every list

Worth watching

Hydrolysed liver protein never names its animal, so a strict elimination plan cannot rest on this range
Chicken and duck are birds; a dog with a poultry problem belongs on the herring or salmon
Fat runs from 19% to 22% on the full-size bags, so portions need a firm hand on a quiet dog

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

How this scores

How we score

73.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, with the full-size chicken and herring also covering seniors and the small biscuits sized for small breeds. Weigh portions and trust the ribs over the label's table.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Free Run Chicken 76.1
Organic Salmon 75.0
Organic Herring 74.4
Free Run Duck 73.4
Free Run Chicken 72.6
Organic Herring 71.7
Free Run Duck 70.6
Organic Salmon 65.3

Eight recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Every bag sits above the middle of the dry shelf, and the gaps are small enough that the animal matters more than the order.

What's in it

Fresh duck40%
Dehydrated duck25%
Potato starch, sweet potato
Duck fat7%
Pea starch, whole linseed, dried seaweedLinseed for plant omega 3; seaweed for iodine and minerals.
Hydrolysed liver protein1%A palatant, and the one entry that never names its animal.
Alfalfa, salt, yeast extract, dried apple, dried cranberryApple and cranberry each at 5% fresh equivalent.
Glucosamine hydrochloride, chondroitin sulphateNo dose in the composition, so a helpful inclusion more than a measured supplement.
Botanicals: alfalfa, rosehip, marigold, oregano, turmeric, yucca and moreDecoration more than construction.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with every trace mineral dosed, zinc in a chelated form as well as an oxide.

Hydrolysed liver protein at 1% does not name its animal.

Named ingredients

Fresh Duck 40%, Dehydrated Duck 25%, Potato Starch, Sweet Potato, Duck Fat 7%, Pea Starch, Whole Linseed, Dried Seaweed, Alfalfa, Hydrolysed Liver Protein 1%, Sodium Chloride, Yeast Extract, Dried Apple (5% fresh Apple equivalant), Dried Cranberry (5% fresh Cranberry Equivalant), Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulphate, BOTANICALS: Alfalfa, Dried Rosehip, Dried Marigold, Yucca schidigera, Oregano, Dried Carrot, Dried Spinach, Dried Broccoli, Turmeric, Dried Ginger.

Against the range

Fat, as fed: 19%; Up to 22% on the salmon.
Protein, as fed: 29%; 31% on the chicken.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 36.7%; The highest of the full-size bags.

For a dog that gains weight readily, the easiest of the four animals.

Every recipe holds to one animal: 40% fresh meat, 24% or 25% of the same species dehydrated, and that animal's fat or oil below it. Potato starch, sweet potato and pea starch build the biscuit, with no cereal anywhere. Linseed, seaweed, glucosamine and chondroitin appear on every label.

Each flavour comes in a standard biscuit and a small one for small breed adults. The small bags differ in a few botanicals, and only the full-size bags have a captured additives panel.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

378.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

19%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

32.2%

Fat

21.1%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.8%

Carbs

36.7%

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

66%

Carbs

22.4%

Veg

2.2%

Oils

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size