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Natural & Delicious N&D Quinoa Medium & Maxi: Digestion Lamb review

Name: Natural & Delicious N&D Quinoa Medium & Maxi: Digestion Lamb
Brand: Natural & Delicious

64.7/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A range that picks its target and builds towards it, with quinoa seed at 8% in every bag. All five sit in our Good band. The additive panels are printed in full, down to the milligram.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Aiming a food at a particular need without a prescription diet
A named animal first, with lamb, venison and duck on offer
Cereal off the shopping list, as quinoa is a seed
Ageing joints, with glucosamine and chondroitin in every recipe
Owners who read the additive panel

Worth watching

Herring protein and herring oil in all five, so no fish-free choice
Chicken fat in four of the five; only the venison avoids it
Pea starch is the refined fraction, and it is the main carbohydrate throughout

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

How this scores

How we score

64.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium adults, with the senior recipe for older dogs too. These are everyday foods with a purpose, so a dog already on a vet's plan should stay on it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Senior Lamb 66.8
Weight Management Lamb 65.2
Digestion Lamb 64.7
Urinary 62.9
Skin 60.4

All five Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The five hold each other close on score despite very different targets, so choose on the job you want the food to do.

What's in it

Lamb22%
Pea starchLeans on it harder than its stablemates.
Dehydrated lamb protein12%Gets the protein into the kibble.
Chicken fat, dried eggs
Quinoa seed extracted8%The range's signature: a seed related to spinach, so no true grain.
Dehydrated herring protein, fish oil (from herring)Ready-formed marine omega 3 a dog uses directly.
Dried fennel, mint, artichoke2.0% eachThe plants that give the recipe its purpose.
Inulin, FOS, MOS0.6%, 0.4%, 0.4%Prebiotics with their own figures.
Psyllium, minerals, aloe vera
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphateNo printed dose: a standing nudge for joint comfort.

Full vitamin panel, zinc, manganese, iron and copper as chelates, selenised yeast, DL-methionine, taurine at 1000mg and L-carnitine.

Named ingredients

Lamb (22%), pea starch, dehydrated lamb protein (12%), chicken fat, dried eggs, quinoa seed extracted (8%), dehydrated herring protein, fish oil (from herring), dried fennel (2.0%), dried mint (2.0%), dried artichoke (2.0%), inulin (0.6%), fructo-oligosaccharides (0.4%), yeast extract (source of manno-oligo-saccharides) (0.4%), calcium carbonate, psyllium husks and seeds, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, aloe vera extract, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate.

Against the range

Purpose plants: Fennel, mint, artichoke; Apple, coconut, turmeric, cranberry or broccoli elsewhere.
Fibre, as fed: 1.9%; Lightest in the range; 8.2% on the weight management.
Nutritional balance: Average; Good on the senior and weight management.

A light-fibre, prebiotic-led bowl for a dog whose digestion needs looking after.

Five recipes, each built for a particular job on the same frame: a named animal fresh and again dehydrated, pea starch as the binder and quinoa seed at 8%. Herring protein and herring oil supply the marine omegas. Glucosamine and chondroitin close every list, and the trace minerals are chelated throughout.

The plants change with the purpose, from fennel and mint to cranberry, broccoli and asparagus. Four recipes take their fat from chicken; the venison alone does not. Energy runs from 314 to 396 kcal per 100g.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

374.9 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

49%

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

49.5%

Carbs

30.3%

Oils

9.2%

Other

10.9%

Pricing & size