Natural & Delicious

Natural & Delicious N&D Pumpkin Puppy Mini review

Name: Natural & Delicious N&D Pumpkin Puppy Mini
Brand: Natural & Delicious

74.5/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A small-bite puppy kibble led by lamb in two forms, and it earns our Excellent band. The analysis comes back rich, at 414 kcal in every 100g. Carbohydrate is estimated at 28.5% of dry matter, a meaningfully lighter starch load than most growth kibbles carry.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small-breed puppies, the size the mini kibble and guide are shaped for
Pups doing well on lamb
Owners who look for a printed calcium figure on a growth food
Cereal-free homes. Pea starch and pea fibre do the job
Lively pups who burn through their meals, against the typical puppy kibble's 376 kcal

Worth watching

Herring, dried eggs and chicken fat beside the lamb, so no single-protein plan
Glucosamine and chondroitin from chicken cartilage with no printed dose
A dense kibble, so weigh a steady eater's portions

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

Listed for small-breed puppies. The guide runs out at 10kg of bodyweight, so check your pup's likely adult size before you start.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

N&D Pumpkin Puppy Mini 74.5

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Declared calcium and a lighter starch load lift it above the average puppy bag, and nothing here is propping up anything else.

What's in it

Lamb24%Fresh, so most of its water leaves in the oven.
Dehydrated lamb protein24%Already dry, so it does more for the kibble than its number suggests.
Pea starchThe binder, with no cereal anywhere.
Chicken fatA second animal on a lamb label.
Dehydrated herring protein, herring, fish oilFish on the animal side too.
Dried pumpkin5%Gives the bag its name, and soluble fibre with it.
Dried eggs, pea fibre, carrot, alfalfa
Chicken cartilageNamed source of glucosamine and chondroitin, with no dose.
Inulin, FOS, yeast extract, psyllium0.3% psylliumGentle on the stool side.
Blueberry, spinach, apple, orange, pomegranate, turmeric, aloe vera0.5% down to 0.2%Seasoning, not substance.

A generous panel: taurine at 1000mg and L-carnitine at 300mg a kilo, unusual in a puppy food, with chelated trace minerals and selenium from yeast.

Calcium is printed at 1.21% of dry matter, a comfortable figure for small pups.

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

Lamb leads twice, fresh and dehydrated at 24% each, with herring, dried eggs and chicken fat behind it. Pea starch replaces cereal, and calcium is printed at 1.21% of dry matter.

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