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Natural & Delicious N&D Spirulina Adult Medium & Maxi: Lamb, Spirulina & Wolfberry review

Name: Natural & Delicious N&D Spirulina Adult Medium & Maxi: Lamb, Spirulina & Wolfberry
Brand: Natural & Delicious

71.8/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free kibble with a large declared meat share and an algae and berry theme running through both bags. Each builds its protein from a fresh and a dehydrated portion of the same animal, then sets it on sweet potato. Both sit in our Excellent band, a rung above the typical adult dry food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium and larger adult dogs, the size the kibble and portions are drawn for
Dogs with cereal off the menu
Older dogs and heavy movers, with glucosamine and chondroitin in the recipe
Spirulina at 5% and wolfberry at 2.5% in each bag
Dogs that empty the bowl and go looking for work

Worth watching

Herring and herring oil in both, so neither suits a dog kept off fish
No quantity printed for the joint pair
Energy at 397 and 393 kcal per 100g, so measure the scoop for a steadier dog

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

How this scores

How we score

71.8/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium and larger adult dogs. Both kibbles are energy dense, so weigh the daily amount from the label's table and let the waistline decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 71.8
Herring 71.0

All two Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing showy: a large named meat share, a lighter carbohydrate load and a chelated panel all point the same way.

What's in it

Lamb22%
Dehydrated lamb protein20%Sized to carry much of the protein.
Sweet potato
Chicken fatA second animal.
Dried spirulina5%
Dried eggs, herring, dehydrated herring protein, fish oilEgg and fish too, so this is a mixed-animal recipe.
Dried wolfberry2.5%
Inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides, yeast extractFood for the gut bacteria.
Dried spinach, psyllium, sodium chloride, brewers' yeast, turmeric, aloe vera
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphateNo quantity printed.

Vitamins dosed in full, every trace mineral as a chelate, selenium from selenised yeast, and taurine, L-carnitine and DL-methionine printed.

Chicken fat, egg and herring all sit behind the lamb, so it is not a lamb-only food.

Named ingredients

Lamb (22%), dehydrated lamb protein (20%), sweet potato, chicken fat, dried spirulina (5%), dried eggs, herring, dehydrated herring protein, dried wolfberry (2.5%), fish oil (from herring), pea fibre, dried carrot, alfalfa meal, inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides, yeast extract (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), dried spinach, psyllium husks and seeds, sodium chloride, dried brewers' yeast, turmeric, aloe vera extract, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate.

Against the range

Animals on the label: Lamb, chicken fat, egg, herring; Herring only in the other
Ash: 8.6%; 7.5% in the Herring
Calcium, dry matter: 1.21%; 0.88% in the Herring
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 36.7%; 35.8% in the Herring

The red-meat option, best read as a mix of animals.

Each bag opens with a fresh meat and its dehydrated protein, herring at 24% and 23% in one, lamb at 22% and 20% in the other. Sweet potato is the only substantial starch, with pea fibre and psyllium behind it and no cereal anywhere. Dried spirulina at 5% and dried wolfberry at 2.5% run through both.

Prebiotics, turmeric and aloe sit near the end, and glucosamine and chondroitin close the list without a printed quantity. The vitamin and mineral panel is identical and every trace mineral is a chelate.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

392.6 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

8.6%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.8%

Fat

19.8%

Fibre

3.2%

Ash

9.5%

Carbs

36.7%

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

60.3%

Carbs

22.5%

Veg

6.1%

Oils

Other

3.1%

Pricing & size