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Natural & Delicious N&D Prime Adult Medium & Maxi Dry Food: Lamb & Blueberry review

Name: Natural & Delicious N&D Prime Adult Medium & Maxi Dry Food: Lamb & Blueberry
Brand: Natural & Delicious

78.3/100Excellent

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

78.3/100Excellent

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

Lamb

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 lamb26%
Dehydrated lamb meat25%Same two opening positions as the chicken.
Sweet potatoesThe only real starch.
Dried whole eggsMoved up ahead of the chicken fat here.
Fresh herrings, dehydrated herrings
Chicken fat, herring oilSo the lamb bag is not poultry free.
Pea fibre, dried carrots, alfalfa, inulin, FOS, yeast extract
Dried blueberry, apple, pomegranate, sweet orange, spinach0.5% blueberryThe blueberry names the bag.
Psyllium, salt, brewer's yeast, turmeric root0.3% psyllium, 0.2% turmeric
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate

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

Chicken fat is on the list, so lamb is not the only animal.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

Meat: Lamb, 26% fresh and 25% dehydrated; Chicken at the same shares.
Eggs: Ahead of the chicken fat; Behind it on the chicken.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 30.8%; 31.3% on the chicken.
Ash: 8.3%; 7.8% on the chicken.

The one to pick if poultry meat is what your dog does not get on with.

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

398.1 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

8.3%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

37.4%

Fat

19.8%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

30.8%

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

75.4%

Carbs

19.5%

Veg

Oils

2.7%

Other

1.5%

Pricing & size