Natural & Delicious

Natural & Delicious N&D Pumpkin Puppy Medium & Maxi review

Name: Natural & Delicious N&D Pumpkin Puppy Medium & Maxi
Brand: Natural & Delicious

74.5/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A grain-free lamb puppy kibble in our Excellent band, with calcium inside what a growing large frame wants. Lamb is listed twice, fresh and dehydrated, at 24% each. Dried pumpkin at 5% gives the range its name and is easy on a young stomach.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium and maxi breed pups, with calcium at 1.21% of dry matter
Grain-free homes. Pea starch and pumpkin carry the recipe
Energetic young dogs, at 414 kcal per 100g
Fibre from food: pumpkin, pea fibre and psyllium

Worth watching

Herring, dried egg and chicken fat behind the lamb, so it cannot anchor an exclusion plan
Fat at 22.0% of dry matter, so measure a laid-back pup's bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

74.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Written for medium and maxi puppies. The bag's chart runs from 95g a day early on for a pup heading to 10kg up to 440g for one on course for 40kg, so check condition as you go.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

N&D Pumpkin Puppy Medium & Maxi 74.5

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Ahead of the middle of the puppy kibble market, on a big meat share, little carbohydrate and a label that names its sources down to the joint compounds.

What's in it

Lamb24%
Dehydrated lamb protein24%Water already removed, so it delivers protein fresh meat cannot match.
Pea starchThe refined binder, chosen for what it does to the kibble.
Chicken fatMuch of the added fat.
Dehydrated herring protein, herring, fish oilMarine protein, with the oil from the same fish.
Dried pumpkin5%The signature, a gentle touch more than a digestive overhaul.
Dried eggs
Pea fibre, carrot, alfalfa meal
Chicken cartilage, inulin, FOS, yeast extractCartilage is the named source of glucosamine and chondroitin.
Blueberry, spinach, psyllium, apple, orange, pomegranate, turmeric, aloe vera0.5% down to 0.2%

A full chelated mineral set with taurine at 1000 mg, L-Carnitine at 300 mg and selenium in its yeast form.

Named ingredients

Lamb (24%), dehydrated lamb protein (24%), pea starch, chicken fat, dehydrated herring protein, dried pumpkin (5%), herring, dried eggs, fish oil (from herring), pea fibre, dried carrot, alfalfa meal, chicken cartilage (source of glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate), inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides, yeast, extract (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), dried blueberry (0.5%), dried spinach, psyllium husks and seeds (0.3%), dried apple, dried sweet orange, dried pomegranate, sodium chloride, dried brewers' yeast, turmeric (0.2%), aloe vera extract.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

413.9 kcal/100g

Protein

35%

Fat

20%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

8.1%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

38.5%

Fat

22%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

8.9%

Carbs

28.5%

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

65%

Carbs

20.4%

Veg

Oils

7.3%

Other

1.3%

Pricing & size