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Natural & Delicious N&D Ancestral Grain Adult Medium & Maxi review

Name: Natural & Delicious N&D Ancestral Grain Adult Medium & Maxi
Brand: Natural & Delicious

70.6/100Excellent

DryAdult

An Excellent-band kibble for owners who never quite bought the grain-free argument. The grain is chosen with care, spelt and oats at 10% each, and it stays a modest part of the bowl. Lamb, egg and herring carry the protein, and the extras are declared outright, chelated minerals and taurine among them.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Cereal in the bowl without wheat or maize
Active dogs of medium build and up. At 394 kcal per 100g it is energy dense
Older joints, with glucosamine and chondroitin closing the list
Owners who read the small print: taurine at 1000 mg and L-carnitine at 300 mg per kilo
Lamb eaters who like some variety, since herring and whole egg sit alongside it

Worth watching

Spelt is an old form of wheat and still carries gluten
Chicken fat in a lamb recipe, and herring with its oil for fish-sensitive dogs
A rich bowl for its weight, so trim the portion for a dog whose exercise is a stroll

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

How this scores

How we score

70.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium and larger adult dogs. Portion to the shape of the dog, starting from about 175 grams a day for a 15kg adult.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

N&D Ancestral Grain Adult Medium & Maxi 70.6

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The whole shape of the recipe earns the band: meat and fish up front, a modest grain share and a chelated, fully dosed mineral panel.

What's in it

Lamb20%Mostly water, which cooking removes.
Dehydrated lamb protein18%The share that actually turns up in the finished kibble, and a serious amount of it.
Spelt, oats10% eachThe ancient grain of the name. Spelt still contains gluten; oats digest easily once cooked.
Dried eggs, herring, dehydrated herring proteinBroadens the amino acid picture without leaning on plant protein.
Chicken fatPoultry in a lamb recipe.
Fish oil (from herring)Marine omega 3 ready made.
Beet pulp, carrot, alfalfa, inulin, FOS, yeast extractThese do the real digestive work.
Blueberry, apple, pomegranate, sweet orange, spinachblueberry 0.5%
Psyllium, salt, brewers' yeast, turmeric, aloe verapsyllium 0.3%, turmeric 0.2%
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphateNo printed dose, so a nudge for older joints.

Zinc, manganese, iron and copper all as chelates, selenium from selenised yeast, vitamin E at 600 mg, plus DL-methionine, taurine and L-carnitine, all dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Lamb (20%), dehydrated lamb protein (18%), spelt (10%), oats (10%), dried eggs, herring, dehydrated herring protein, chicken fat, fish oil (from herring), dried beet pulp, dried carrot, alfalfa meal, inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides, yeast extract (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), dried blueberry (0.5%), dried apple, dried pomegranate, dried sweet orange, dried spinach, psyllium husks and seeds (0.3%), sodium chloride, dried brewers' yeast, turmeric (0.2%), aloe vera extract, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate.

Against the range

One lamb-led ancient grain kibble for medium and larger adults. Fresh lamb at 20% and dehydrated lamb protein at 18% open the list, with spelt and oats at 10% each in place of wheat and maize, then egg, herring and chicken fat.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

394.1 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

8.2%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.8%

Fat

19.8%

Fibre

3.2%

Ash

Carbs

37.2%

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

71.5%

Carbs

21.9%

Veg

1.3%

Oils

3.7%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size