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

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

77/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

The brand's meatiest recipe in a kibble sized for a small mouth, and both flavours reach our Excellent band. Little dogs eat little, so every mouthful counts here: protein is declared at 34% and the estimated carbohydrate stays low for a dry food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breeds, with the kibble sized for a little jaw
Busy terriers whose energy needs outrun their appetite
Owners who read the meat line twice: fresh at 26%, dehydrated at 25%
Grain-free plates, with sweet potato in place of cereal
Small dogs stiffening with age, given the glucosamine and chondroitin at the end of the list

Worth watching

Chicken fat in both, so the lamb bag still brings poultry
Herring fresh, dried and as oil, and egg high up the list
Food this concentrated puts weight on a small dog quickly. Weigh the portion

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

How this scores

How we score

77/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. Scale the daily amount to your dog's weight on the scales, as a 5kg dog eats a fraction of the 15kg estimate.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lamb 77.8
Chicken 77.0

All two Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing separates the two on quality, so choose on the animal.

What's in it

Fresh boneless chicken26%The palatable form.
Dehydrated chicken meat25%Water already out, so it survives cooking intact.
Sweet potatoesThe only starch worth the name.
Chicken fat, dried whole eggsEgg is a very complete protein for little weight.
Fresh herrings, dehydrated herrings, herring oilReady-formed marine omega 3, which shows quickly in a small dog's coat.
Pea fibre, carrots, alfalfa
Inulin, FOS, yeast extractDigestive support, the yeast extract as a source of MOS.
Dried pomegranate0.5%The name on the bag. A signature touch.
Apple, spinach, psyllium, orange, blueberries, salt, brewer's yeast0.3% psyllium
Turmeric root, glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate0.2% turmericNo figure for the joint pair, so a gentle nod only.

Every trace mineral as a chelate, selenium from selenised yeast, and DL-methionine at 4000 mg, taurine at 1000 mg and L-carnitine at 300 mg 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, fresh 26% and dehydrated 25%; Lamb in the same positions.
Ash: 7.8%; 8.3% in the lamb.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.43%; 1.21% in the lamb.
Bag sizes: Includes an 800g bag; The lamb starts larger.

The small bag makes this the sensible starting point for a small dog trying a new food.

Both bags open with the same pair: fresh boneless meat at 26% and the dehydrated form of the same animal at 25%. Herring follows fresh and dried with herring oil, dried whole eggs sit alongside, and chicken fat appears in both. Sweet potato is the only real starch, with no cereal at all.

Protein converts to 37.4% and fat to 19.8% of dry matter in each. The additive panel is identical and thorough, every trace mineral chelated and selenium from selenised yeast. What changes is the animal, the named fruit and a few tenths of ash and calcium.

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