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

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

76.4/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A lamb-led growth kibble for medium and large puppies, and the calcium is printed where an owner of a big pup wants it: 1.21% of dry matter. Spirulina at 5% and wolfberry at 2.5% give the recipe its name. Sweet potato replaces grain. It lands in our Excellent band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium and larger breed puppies; the maker's chart runs out to 70kg
Owners of big pups who read the calcium line before anything else
Puppies that do well on lamb, fresh at 24% plus 22% dehydrated
A cereal-free bowl, bound with sweet potato
Hungry, fast-growing pups. There are 407 kcal in every 100g against the 376 typical of puppy kibble

Worth watching

Herring, dried eggs and chicken fat share the bowl with the lamb, so it will not serve a one-animal exclusion diet
Glucosamine and chondroitin come from chicken cartilage with no milligram figures printed

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

How this scores

How we score

76.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies heading for a medium or larger frame. The chart is set out by age as well as weight, so move down it as your pup fills out.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 76.4

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A declared calcium figure and a lighter starch load than most growth kibbles are what hold it above the middle of the puppy field.

What's in it

Lamb24%
Dehydrated lamb protein22%Same animal, water already gone, so more protein per point.
Sweet potatoThe starch, in place of any cereal.
Chicken fatChicken on the allergen picture, though not as meat.
Dehydrated herring protein, herring, fish oil (from herring)Herring three ways, a considered route for marine omega oils into a growth food.
Dried spirulina5%The algae on the front of the bag.
Dried eggs
Dried wolfberry2.5%Antioxidants, in a modest amount.
Pea fibre, carrot, alfalfa, chicken cartilage, inulin, FOS, yeast extractFibre, prebiotics and the glucosamine source, none of it dosed.
Spinach, psyllium, salt, brewers' yeast, turmeric, aloe vera extract

A well-stocked panel: choline chloride at 2800mg, taurine at 1000mg, L-carnitine at 300mg and DL-methionine at 6000mg per kilo, with selenium as selenised yeast and chelated trace minerals.

Named ingredients

Lamb (24%), dehydrated lamb protein (22%), sweet potato, chicken fat, dehydrated herring protein, dried spirulina (5%), herring, dried eggs, dried wolfberry (2.5%), 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 spinach, psyllium husks and seeds, sodium chloride, dried brewers' yeast, turmeric, aloe vera extract.

Against the range

One grain-free growth kibble for bigger puppies. Lamb leads at 24% with dehydrated lamb protein at 22%, and herring, dried eggs and chicken fat fill out the animal side. Sweet potato does the starch job, and calcium is printed at 1.21% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

407.4 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

20%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

8.1%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

33%

Fat

22%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.9%

Carbs

33.4%

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

63.2%

Carbs

20.6%

Veg

Oils

7.4%

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size