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Go Native Adult: Organic Herring With Carrot & Kale review

Name: Go Native Adult: Organic Herring With Carrot & Kale
Brand: Go Native

74.4/100Excellent

DryAdultSenior

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

74.4/100Excellent

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, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Herring

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 herring40%
Dehydrated herring24%
Potato starch, sweet potato
Herring oil6.5%Marine omega 3.
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 kale, dried carrotKale and carrot 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 Herring 40%, Dehydrated Herring 24%, Potato Starch, Sweet Potato, Herring Oil 6.5%, Pea Starch, Whole Linseed, Dried Seaweed, Alfalfa, Hydrolysed Liver Protein 1%, Sodium Chloride, Yeast Extract, Dried Apple, Dried Kale (5% fresh Kale equivalant), Dried Carrot (5% fresh Carrot Equivalant) Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulphate, BOTANICALS: Alfalfa, Dried Broccoli, Dried Blueberry, Dried Carrot, Dried Cranberry, Dried Ginger, Dried Marigold, Oregano, Dried Rosehip, Dried Spinach, Turmeric, Yucca schidigera.

Against the range

Meat: Herring 40% fresh, 24% dehydrated; Salmon is the other fish; chicken and duck the birds.
Fat, as fed: 21%; 19% to 22% on the full-size bags.
Life stage: Adult and senior; Shared only with the full-size chicken.

The fish recipe for an older dog, and a way round poultry.

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

386.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

21%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

32.2%

Fat

23.3%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.3%

Carbs

34%

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

65%

Carbs

23.6%

Veg

2.5%

Oils

6.5%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size