Naked Dog

Naked Dog Original: Duck review

Name: Naked Dog Original: Duck
Brand: Naked Dog

87.5/100Outstanding

RawAdult

Flavour

A raw range that reads like a butcher's shopping list: named muscle meat, bone through the grind and offal doing real work. There is no added premix, and the offal shares are what make that position hold together. All ten sit in our Outstanding band, the bone-free Pork highest.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Rotation feeders; ten recipes share one build
Dogs that need an unfamiliar animal: kangaroo, rabbit, venison and pork are all here
Dogs that cannot manage ground bone, with the Pork made bone free
Owners who want tripe, kidney, liver, heart and lung in the bowl
Any size from a 5kg terrier to a 50kg giant

Worth watching

Beef offal and salmon oil on every label, so nothing here is free of beef or fish
The Beef recipe carries turkey with bone at 30%
Freezer storage, fridge thawing and the usual raw care with bowls and hands

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

How this scores

How we score

87.5/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size, and the maker's chart is flat across the range for a given dog. Check the beef offal against your dog's history before ordering.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Pork (Bone Free) 89.3
Duck 87.5
Beef 86.8
Surf 86.7
Lamb 85.7
Chicken 85.4
Rabbit 85.4
Venison 84.9
Kangaroo 83.6
Beef 80.7

All ten Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

All ten match the middle of the toughest field we score, with the Pork strongest and the rest bunched closely behind.

What's in it

Duck with bone45%
Duck heart20%The most duck-heavy recipe.
Beef tripe15%
Beef kidney, beef liver2.5% each
Carrot, butternut squash, green vegetables, blueberries
Salmon oil, kelp, wheatgrass powder

Beef offal and salmon oil are on the label, so it is neither beef free nor fish free.

Named ingredients

Duck with Bone (45%), Duck Heart (20%), Beef Tripe (15%), Beef Kidney (2.5%), Beef Liver (2.5%), Carrot, Butternut Squash, Green Vegetables, Blueberries, Salmon Oil, Kelp, Wheatgrass Powder

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 35.0%; On the richer side; only the Pork is far higher.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 12.8%; Zero or close to it on most; nothing on the list supplies starch.
Protein, dry matter: 41.7%; The lowest of the ten.

A rich, duck-led tub; the carbohydrate figure is arithmetic, not starch.

Ten raw recipes on one build: a named meat with bone leads, an offal set follows, then the same short tail of carrot, butternut squash, green vegetables, blueberries, salmon oil, kelp and wheatgrass. Most labels give each entry a percentage. Beef tripe, kidney or liver turns up on every tub, whatever its name.

There is no vitamin premix; the maker's position is that the offal and whole ingredients cover it. No tub prints a calcium figure, and ash swings from 3.7% of dry matter on the bone-free Pork to 15.3% on the Beef & Kangaroo.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

129.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

11.1%

Fat

9.3%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

2.1%

Moisture

73.4%

Dry weight

Protein

41.7%

Fat

35%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

7.9%

Carbs

12.8%

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

85%

Veg

12.5%

Oils

0.8%

Other

1.7%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £5.98 (RRP)
Pack: 500g tub (also sold in NAKEDDOG Variety Box / "This Is It" Box / Taster Box multipacks: 5kg, 10kg, 15kg, 20kg)
A 15kg dog eats: 375 g a day
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £2.24

Middle of the market for a raw food, and strong value for what is in the recipe.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.