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Natural & Delicious N&D Tropical Selection Adult Mini: Lamb, Spelt, Oats & Tropical Fruits review

Name: Natural & Delicious N&D Tropical Selection Adult Mini: Lamb, Spelt, Oats & Tropical Fruits
Brand: Natural & Delicious

66.7/100Good

DryAdult

The small breed cut of a lamb and cereal recipe, unusual from a brand better known for grain-free bags, and it finishes in our Good band. Lamb comes at 20% fresh and 20% dehydrated. Spelt and oats keep carbohydrate a little under the dry food norm, at 43.2% of dry matter.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed adults
Dogs that thrive on lamb
Owners who see no reason to avoid grain
Older small dogs, with glucosamine and chondroitin in the recipe
Fussier eaters. Five dried tropical fruits lift the flavour

Worth watching

Spelt is a wheat relative and still carries gluten
Chicken fat and herring sit beside the lamb

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

How this scores

How we score

66.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. If lamb was the reason you picked it up, read the chicken fat and herring lines first.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 66.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Lamb in two forms does most of the lifting, while steady protein and conventional supplement forms keep it from climbing further.

What's in it

Lamb, dehydrated lamb protein20% eachFresh lamb loses its water in cooking; the dehydrated entry keeps its weight. That is why both are there.
Spelt12%An older wheat relative that wheat-intolerant dogs often manage. The gluten is still there.
Oats12%Gentle once cooked.
Chicken fatThe added fat, and a second animal.
Dehydrated herring protein, fish oil (from herring)A third animal, and the long chain omega 3s.
Dried beet pulp, dried carrot, alfalfa mealThe bulkier fibre.
Inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides, yeast extractPrebiotics.
Dried banana, kiwi, mango, papaya, pineapple0.5% eachThe name on the bag, and decoration on a recipe that stands without them.
Dried spinach, psyllium, sodium chloride, brewers' yeast, turmeric, aloe vera extract
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphateNo printed quantity.

A full B vitamin run with vitamins A, D3, E and C, choline and methionine, and trace minerals in the standard oxide, sulphate and carbonate forms.

Named ingredients

Lamb (20%), dehydrated lamb protein (20%), spelt (12%), oats (12%), chicken fat, dehydrated herring protein, dried beet pulp, fish oil (from herring), dried carrot, alfalfa meal, inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides, yeast extract (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), dried banana (0.5%), dried kiwi (0.5%), dried mango (0.5%), dried papaya (0.5%), dried pineapple (0.5%), dried spinach, psyllium husks and seeds, sodium chloride, dried brewers' yeast, turmeric, aloe vera extract, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate.

Against the range

One small breed kibble on lamb in two forms with spelt and oats as the grains. Chicken fat, herring protein and herring oil widen the animal side beyond the lamb on the front of the pack.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

386.4 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

17.6%

Fibre

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

43.2%

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

50.9%

Carbs

31.1%

Veg

4.2%

Oils

10.7%

Other

3.1%

Pricing & size