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Natural & Delicious N&D Tropical Selection Puppy Medium & Maxi: Lamb, Spelt, Oats & Tropical Fruits review

Name: Natural & Delicious N&D Tropical Selection Puppy Medium & Maxi: Lamb, Spelt, Oats & Tropical Fruits
Brand: Natural & Delicious

71/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A lamb, spelt and oats kibble for medium and larger puppies, in our Excellent band. The calcium figure, the number that matters most for a pup heading to a big frame, is printed and in range. Five dried tropical fruits at 0.5% each give the bag its name without changing its shape.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium and larger breed puppies, with calcium at 1.26% of dry matter
Pups that do better with some grain, here spelt and oats at 10% each
Puppies raised on lamb
Energetic pups: 406 kcal per 100g against the 376 typical of a puppy kibble
Fibre you can name, from dried beet pulp and psyllium husks

Worth watching

Spelt is an old form of wheat and carries gluten. Not for a wheat-sensitive pup
Chicken fat and two herring entries beside the lamb
Glucosamine and chondroitin credited to chicken cartilage, with no dose given

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

How this scores

How we score

71/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium and maxi puppies. Let expected adult size set the amount, as portions move week by week in the first months.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 71.0

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Steady work across the board, held up by declared calcium and moderate named starches, with the ceiling set by a lean additive panel and undosed joint ingredients.

What's in it

Lamb20%
Dehydrated lamb protein20%Already dry, so it does more work in the finished kibble.
Spelt, oats10% eachSpelt predates modern wheat but keeps its gluten. Oats digest easily once cooked.
Chicken fatChicken in a lamb recipe.
Dehydrated herring protein, fish oil from herringThe marine side.
Dried beet pulp, dried carrot, alfalfa mealBeet pulp is most of the fibre, moderate and well tolerated.
Chicken cartilageCredited as the source of glucosamine and chondroitin. No dose.
Inulin, FOS, yeast extractPrebiotics.
Dried banana, kiwi, mango, papaya, pineapple0.5% eachA little natural sweetness, kept in proportion.
Spinach, psyllium, sodium chloride, brewers' yeast, turmeric, aloe vera

A workmanlike panel: vitamins A, D3, E and the B group, a full trace mineral set with selenium as sodium selenite, and DL-methionine at 2500mg.

Calcium is printed at 1.26% of dry matter, inside the window growing bone wants.

Named ingredients

Lamb (20%), dehydrated lamb protein (20%), spelt (10%), oats (10%), chicken fat, dehydrated herring protein, dried beet pulp, fish oil (from herring), dried carrot, alfalfa meal, chicken cartilage (source of glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate), 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.

Against the range

One grain-inclusive puppy recipe: lamb twice, fresh and dehydrated at 20% each, with spelt and oats at 10% each and dehydrated herring protein behind. Calcium is printed at 1.26% of dry matter, and estimated carbohydrate is 33.2%, under the 39.0% typical of a puppy kibble.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

406.2 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

20%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

33%

Fat

22%

Fibre

Ash

8.8%

Carbs

33.2%

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

53.4%

Carbs

27.8%

Veg

4.4%

Oils

11.8%

Other

2.6%

Pricing & size