Natural Dog Food Company

Natural Dog Food Company Vet Care: Daily Health review

Name: Natural Dog Food Company Vet Care: Daily Health
Brand: Natural Dog Food Company

47.9/100Average

DryPuppyAdult

Flavour

Five kibbles that hydrolyse every meat entry, the approach usually kept for dogs whose digestion argues with ordinary food, and none of them needs a prescription. Each recipe then takes on a job of its own, from teeth to joints to coat. Three land in our Good band and two a step below in Average.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog whose stomach has a history of drama
A food aimed at a specific job without a prescription
Homes feeding away from cereal
One named animal: Digestive Support holds turkey alone
Stiffer, heavier dogs, via the lean joint recipe

Worth watching

Salmon behind the turkey in Dental Support
No calcium figure on any of the five
Cellulose does the bulking in Dental Support
Soya oil in Skin and Coat

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

How this scores

How we score

47.9/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, with Daily Health also covering puppies and seniors. The label's table asks 201 grams for a dog between 10kg and 20kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Digestive Support 62.3
Dental Support 54.6
Skin 51.5
Daily Health 47.9
Joint Support 46.6

Five recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The five sit across two neighbouring bands, so choose by the job, not the ranking.

What's in it

Freshly prepared hydrolysed salmon32.5%Broken into small fragments before cooking, and still named to species.
Potato, sweet potatoThe only binders; no grain.
Hydrolysed dried salmon15.5%
Salmon oil6%
Hydrolysed salmon gravy, coconut oil2.5%, 2%
Beet pulp, minerals
Seaweed, turmeric, orange, linseed, carrot, chamomile0.1% eachSeasoning, not substance.
FOS, MOS175 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg
Marigold

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine as sulphates and iodates, each dosed, and L-Carnitine at 721 mg.

Listed for puppies, but no calcium figure is declared. For a large breed pup, ask the maker.

No moisture declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%; the energy figure is our estimate.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Hydrolysed Salmon (32.5%), Potato, Sweet Potato. Hydrolysed Dried Salmon (15.5%), Salmon Oil (6%), Hydrolysed Salmon Gravy (2.5%), Coconut Oil (2%), Beet Pulp, Minerals, Seaweed 0.1%, Turmeric 0.1%, Orange 0.1%, Linseed 0.1%, Carrot 0.1%, Chamomile 0.1%, FOS (175 mg/kg), MOS (50 mg/kg), Marigold

Against the range

Animals: Salmon only; Turkey, white fish or a mix elsewhere
Life stage: Puppy, adult and senior; Adult only on the other four
Salmon oil: 6%, the most; 5.5% or 4% on the fish recipes

The general-purpose recipe of the five, and the one for a mixed-age home.

Five kibbles with one decision in common: every meat entry, fresh and dried, is hydrolysed, and each still names its species. Potato and sweet potato do all the binding, with no grain anywhere. Marigold closes every list and every label prints a dose for its trace minerals, given as sulphates and iodates.

What varies is the job: a tartar agent, raised prebiotics, a lean high-fibre build, coat oils or a general recipe. Protein converts to between 22.8% and 31.5% of dry matter. None declares calcium.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

361 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

15.5%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

16.8%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

45.2%

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

50.5%

Carbs

31.4%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

Other

9.9%

Pricing & size