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

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

71.9/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A lamb-led growth kibble that uses ancient grains sparingly, and an Excellent food on our scale. It is rich and energy dense at 416 kcal per 100g. The label names what it is doing at almost every line, down to the fish the oil is pressed from.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium and maxi pups. Calcium converts to 1.21% of dry matter, a level steady bone growth can work with
Fast-growing, hard-playing young dogs
Owners who want grain in the bowl without it running the recipe
Spelt and oats in place of modern wheat
Early joint care, with chicken cartilage named as the source of glucosamine and chondroitin

Worth watching

Herring, egg and chicken fat rule out an elimination or single-protein plan
Spelt is an old wheat and carries wheat gluten

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

How this scores

How we score

71.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium and maxi puppies. The chart runs from 95g a day for a pup heading for 10kg to 440g for one on course for 40kg; a steadier pup will need less than the bag suggests.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

N&D Ancestral Grain Puppy Medium & Maxi 71.9

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

An even showing, with nutritional balance and transparency both Outstanding, pushed forward by the meat share and the light touch with grain.

What's in it

Fresh boneless lamb20%Mostly water before cooking.
Dehydrated lamb meat20%Carries through close to as printed.
Spelt, oats10% eachThe only cereals. Spelt is an old relative of wheat, gluten included.
Chicken fatMuch of the added fat, and the line to note if avoiding poultry.
Fresh herrings, dehydrated herrings, fish oil from herringMarine omega 3 from a named fish.
Dried whole eggsHighly digestible protein.
Dried beet pulp, pea fibre, dried carrots, dried alfalfa
Chicken cartilagesNamed source of glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate.
Inulin, FOS, yeast extract, psyllium0.3% psylliumThe gut side, with MOS from the yeast.
Blueberries, spinach, apple, sweet orange, pomegranate, salt, brewer's yeast, turmeric root0.5% down to 0.2%

A generous panel with taurine at 1000 mg and L-carnitine at 300 mg, chelated zinc, manganese, iron and copper, and selenium as selenised yeast.

Spelt carries wheat gluten. Not for a gluten-free plan.

Named ingredients

Fresh boneless lamb (20%), dehydrated lamb meat (20%), spelt (10%), oats (10%), chicken fat, fresh herrings, dehydrated herrings, dried whole eggs, dried beet pulp, fish oil (from herring), fiber vegetable of peas, dried carrots, dried alfalfa, chicken cartilages (source of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate), inulin, fructooligosaccharides, yeast extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides), dried blueberries (0.5%), dried spinach, psyllium (0.3%), dried apple, dried sweet orange, dried pomegranate, sodium chloride, dried brewer's yeast, turmeric root (0.2%).

Against the range

Lamb heads the list twice, fresh and dehydrated at 20% each, with spelt and oats at 10% each the whole of the cereal. Herring, dried whole egg, chicken fat and chicken cartilage fill in behind, so lamb is not the only animal. Calcium is declared and converts to 1.21% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

415.8 kcal/100g

Protein

35%

Fat

20%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

38.5%

Fat

22%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

8.8%

Carbs

28.8%

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

63.7%

Carbs

24.4%

Veg

0.9%

Oils

9.7%

Other

1.3%

Pricing & size