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Go Native Adult: Organic Salmon With Spinach & Ginger (Small Kibble) review

Name: Go Native Adult: Organic Salmon With Spinach & Ginger (Small Kibble)
Brand: Go Native

65.3/100Good

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

65.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

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

Small

Main protein

Salmon

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 salmon40%
Dehydrated salmon24%
Potato starch, sweet potato
Salmon oil7%
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.
Salt, yeast extract, dried apple, dried spinach, dried ginger
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.

The analysis printed for this bag is far leaner than the full-size salmon, though the ingredients match. Check the panel on your bag before setting a portion.

Named ingredients

Fresh Salmon 40%, Dehydrated Salmon 24%, Potato Starch, Sweet Potato, Salmon Oil 7%, Pea Starch, Whole Linseed, Dried Seaweed, Hydrolysed Liver Protein 1%, Sodium Chloride, Yeast Extract, Dried Apple, Dried Spinach Powder (5% fresh spinach equivalent), Dried Ginger Extract (4% fresh Ginger equivalent) Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulphate. Alfalfa, Dried Blueberry, Dried Carrot, Dried Cranberry, Dried Marigold, Oregano, Dried Rosehip, Turmeric, Yucca schidigera.

Against the range

Protein, as fed: 25%; 30% on the full-size salmon.
Fat, as fed: 9%; 22% on the full-size salmon.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 52.4%; 31.8% to 36.7% across the rest.
Band: Good; Excellent on the other seven.

Same list as the full salmon bag, but the analysis printed against it reads very differently.

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

329.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

8.1%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

27.8%

Fat

10%

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

Carbs

52.4%

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

65%

Carbs

23.3%

Veg

1.9%

Oils

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size