Natural & Delicious

Natural & Delicious N&D Quinoa Medium & Maxi: Senior Lamb, Green Apple & Coconut review

Name: Natural & Delicious N&D Quinoa Medium & Maxi: Senior Lamb, Green Apple & Coconut
Brand: Natural & Delicious

66.8/100Good

DryAdultSenior

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

66.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

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, Senior

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

Lamb, dehydrated lamb protein20%, 18%
Pea starch, pea fibre
Chicken fat
Quinoa seed extracted8%The range's signature: a seed related to spinach, so no true grain.
Dried eggs, linseed
Dehydrated herring protein, fish oil (from herring)Ready-formed marine omega 3 a dog uses directly.
Dried green apple, dried coconut2.5% eachThe senior's own plants, with carob pods behind.
Carob, alfalfa, inulin, FOS, MOS, psyllium, brewers' yeast, aloe vera
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphateNo printed dose: a standing nudge for joint comfort.

The richest amino acid panel of the five: taurine, L-tryptophan and L-lysine at 2000mg each, L-carnitine at 650mg, with chelated trace minerals.

Named ingredients

Lamb (20%), dehydrated lamb protein (18%), pea starch, chicken fat, pea fibre, quinoa seed extracted (8%), dried eggs, linseed, dehydrated herring protein, fish oil (from herring), dried green apple (2.5%), dried coconut (2.5%), carob pods, alfalfa meal, inulin (0.6%), fructo-oligosaccharides (0.6%), yeast extract (source of manno-oligo-saccharides) (0.6%), psyllium husks and seeds, potassium chloride, calcium sulphate dihydrate, dried brewers' yeast, aloe vera extract, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate.

Against the range

Life stage: Adult and senior; The only recipe written for older dogs.
Fibre, as fed: 6.5%; Only the weight management is higher.
Energy: 356 kcal per 100g; 314 to 396 across the range.

Suits a dog that has slowed down, with the fullest amino acid panel in the range.

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

355.6 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

15%

Fibre

6.5%

Ash

7.7%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.7%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

7.1%

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

38.2%

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

45.9%

Carbs

36.7%

Veg

2.9%

Oils

7.3%

Other

7.2%

Pricing & size