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Natural & Delicious N&D Prime Adult Medium & Maxi Dry Food: Chicken & Pomegranate review

Name: Natural & Delicious N&D Prime Adult Medium & Maxi Dry Food: Chicken & Pomegranate
Brand: Natural & Delicious

77.5/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

The brand at its most meat-forward, with both recipes in our Excellent band. Fresh and dehydrated meat of one animal open the list, then eggs and herring come before any plant. Protein is declared at 34%, and carbohydrate is estimated far below what a dry food usually runs.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want a kibble whose list reads like a meat recipe
Dogs that do best on a protein-heavy bowl
The fresh and dehydrated shares printed separately, at 26% and 25%
Athletic, hard-working dogs of medium build, as both are dense in energy
Dogs kept off grain. Sweet potato is the only meaningful starch
Older hips, with glucosamine and chondroitin at the foot of the list

Worth watching

Chicken fat in both, so the lamb bag is not poultry free
Herring and herring oil throughout, for a dog avoiding fish
Dried whole eggs near the top of both lists
Rich and energy-dense, so measure honestly for a quiet dog

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

How this scores

How we score

77.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium adults. Weigh the scoop: a 15kg dog eats about 180 grams a day on either bag, and a quiet one needs less.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lamb 78.3
Chicken 77.5

All two Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Two recipes a whisker apart on paper, so choose on which animal suits your dog.

What's in it

Fresh boneless chicken26%Quality and taste; the oven takes most of it away as water.
Dehydrated chicken meat25%The concentration that keeps the meat genuinely in the finished kibble.
Sweet potatoesThe only substantial carbohydrate.
Chicken fatThird on this list.
Dried whole eggsRoughly the most complete protein a recipe can add.
Fresh herrings, dehydrated herrings, herring oilMarine omega 3 ready for a dog to use.
Pea fibre, dried carrots, alfalfa, inulin, FOS, yeast extractBulk and gut support.
Dried pomegranate, apple, spinach, sweet orange, blueberries0.5% pomegranateA flavour signature.
Psyllium, salt, brewer's yeast, turmeric root0.3% psyllium, 0.2% turmeric
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulfateNo dose given, so a helping hand for older joints.

Trace minerals as chelates, selenium in yeast form, and DL-methionine, taurine and L-carnitine dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Fresh boneless chicken (26%), dehydrated chicken meat (25%), sweet potatoes, chicken fat, dried whole eggs, fresh herrings, dehydrated herrings, fish oil(from herring), fiber vegetable of peas, dried carrots, dried alfalfa, inulin, fructooligosaccharides, yeast extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides), dried pomegranate (0.5%), dried apple, dried spinach, psyllium (0.3%), dried sweet orange, dried blueberries, sodium chloride, dried brewer's yeast, turmeric root (0.2%), glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate.

Against the range

Meat: Chicken, 26% fresh and 25% dehydrated; Lamb at the same shares.
Chicken fat: Third on the list; Below the eggs and herring on the lamb.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.1%; 1.21% on the lamb.
Energy: 400 kcal per 100g; 398 on the lamb.

The one with a larger bag, handy for a house with more than one dog.

Both recipes open with 26% fresh boneless meat and 25% dehydrated meat of the same animal, then dried whole eggs and herring, fresh and dehydrated, before a single plant ingredient. Sweet potato is the only real starch, with pea fibre for bulk and no grain or white potato.

Chicken fat and herring oil are on both lists. What varies is the animal, where the eggs and fat sit, and the fruit that names the bag, each at 0.5%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

399.9 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

7.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

37.4%

Fat

19.8%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

8.6%

Carbs

31.3%

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

68.4%

Carbs

21.4%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

7.6%

Other

1.5%

Pricing & size