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Natural & Delicious N&D Quinoa Wet Medium & Maxi: Senior review

Name: Natural & Delicious N&D Quinoa Wet Medium & Maxi: Senior
Brand: Natural & Delicious

67.6/100Good

WetAdultSenior

A gentle senior wet food in our Good band, built on two named cuts of lamb with quinoa behind them. Digestion and joints take the end of the list, with psyllium, carob pods, chondroitin and glucosamine. The recipe sets out to be easy on an older dog, and it is.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs of medium build, the size and stage it is filed under
A dog that needs a gentler dinner, with fat at 16.0% of dry matter
Fibre worked into the meal itself, from psyllium husks, carob pods and cellulose
Stiffening joints, with chondroitin and glucosamine in the everyday bowl
Households avoiding wheat and maize. Quinoa is a seed

Worth watching

Lamb, pork and herring in one pack, so a dog avoiding any of them is not served
Carbohydrate estimated at 36.0% of dry matter against 15.8% for the typical adult wet food
Modest protein for a wet food, at 29.2% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

67.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium adults and seniors. Weigh the daily amount against the 96 kcal per 100g on the label, since a wet food this light goes a long way into the bowl.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Senior 67.6

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The gap to the typical wet food is designed in: a senior recipe that trades some meat for fibre and some richness for calm digestion.

What's in it

Lamb rack and shoulder35%Two named cuts where a general meat term would do.
Quinoa seed, extracted5%A seed, with protein and fibre beside its starch.
Sweet potato
Herring, pork shoulderTwo more animals, which widens the allergen picture.
Powder celluloseNear pure insoluble fibre with next to nothing else in it. Bulk without calories.
Green apple, carob podsA little sweetness, and a firming pulp.
Fructo-oligosaccharidesFor the gut bacteria.
Chondroitin sulphate, glucosamineNo doses printed, so a friendly extra.
Psyllium husks and seedsSoluble fibre.
Vitamins, minerals

Fully dosed: vitamins A, D3 and E, taurine at 500mg, DL-methionine at 1800mg and L-carnitine, with zinc, manganese, iron and copper all chelated.

Named ingredients

Lamb rack and shoulder (35%), quinoa seed extracted (5%), sweet potato, herring, pork shoulder, powder cellulose, green apple, carob pods, fructo-oligosaccharides, chondroitin sulphate, glucosamine, psyllium husks and seeds, vitamins, minerals.

Against the range

One senior recipe: lamb rack and shoulder at 35%, quinoa seed at 5%, then sweet potato, herring and pork. The tail is given over to fibre and joints.

Price and value

Sold in a 285 g pack. No per kilo figure sits with us for it at present.

As a guide, a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition would eat roughly 878 grams a day, working from about 840 kcal a day as the maintenance figure (110 × bodyweight^0.75). The label declares 96 kcal per 100g, so that weight rests on the maker's own energy figure and not on an estimate of ours.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

95.7 kcal/100g

Protein

7.3%

Fat

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

29.2%

Fat

16%

Fibre

6.8%

Ash

12%

Carbs

36%

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

45.3%

Added water

36%

Carbs

15.7%

Veg

0.8%

Other

2.2%

Pricing & size