Natural Dog Food Company

Natural Dog Food Company Vet Care: Digestive Support review

Name: Natural Dog Food Company Vet Care: Digestive Support
Brand: Natural Dog Food Company

62.3/100Good

DryAdult

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

62.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

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

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

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

Hydrolysed freshly prepared turkey26%Turkey is the only species on the list.
Sweet potato, potato
Hydrolysed dried turkey11.5%
Turkey fat9%
Pea proteinProps up the protein figure without bringing what meat brings.
Lignocellulose, hydrolysed turkey gravy2.5% eachLignocellulose adds bulk.
Minerals
FOS, MOS1350 mg/kg, 565 mg/kgFar above the rest of the range, for the friendly gut bacteria.
Marigold

Vitamins A, D3 and E, trace minerals as sulphates and iodates with selenium, each dosed.

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

Named ingredients

Hydrolysed Freshly Prepared Turkey (26%), Sweet Potato, Potato, Hydrolysed Dried Turkey (11.5%), Turkey Fat (9%), Pea Protein, Lignocellulose (2.5%), Hydrolysed Turkey Gravy (2.5%), Minerals, FOS (1350 mg/kg), MOS (565 mg/kg), Marigold

Against the range

Animals: Turkey only; The one single-animal recipe
Prebiotics: FOS 1350, MOS 565 mg/kg; 175 and 50 mg/kg where listed
Score: Highest of the five; Down to Average on two

The cleanest choice in the range for a dog kept to one animal.

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

25%

Fat

15.5%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

16.8%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

44.1%

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

40%

Carbs

42%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size