Natural Dog Food Company

Natural Dog Food Company Vet Care: Joint Support & Weight Control review

Name: Natural Dog Food Company Vet Care: Joint Support & Weight Control
Brand: Natural Dog Food Company

46.6/100Average

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

46.6/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

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

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

White Fish

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 white fish26%
Potato
Hydrolysed dried white fish11.5%
Pea protein, sweet potatoPea protein lifts the headline figure.
Salmon oil5.5%
Lignocellulose, beet pulp, pea fibre5.5%, 4%, 4%Fibre at 9.2% of dry matter keeps a hungry dog settled on a smaller ration.
Hydrolysed salmon gravy, minerals2.5%
Green-lipped mussel0.3%For the joints.
Marigold

Vitamins A, D3 and E, trace minerals as sulphates and iodates, each dosed, and L-Carnitine at 1,442 mg, twice the Daily Health dose.

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

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Hydrolysed White Fish (26%), Potato, Hydrolysed Dried White Fish (11.5%), Pea Protein, Sweet Potato, Salmon Oil (5.5%), Lignocellulose (5.5%), Beet Pulp (4%), Pea Fibre (4%), Hydrolysed Salmon Gravy (2.5%), Minerals, Green Lipped Mussel (0.3%), Marigold

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 9.8%, the leanest; 15.8% to 16.8%
Fibre, dry matter: 9.2%; 2.7% to 5.4%
Energy: 313 kcal per 100g; 347.2 to 362 kcal

By far the leanest of the five, built for a stiffer dog that needs to lose a little.

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

312.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

Fibre

8.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

9.2%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

41.9%

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

40.3%

Carbs

44.7%

Oils

5.5%

Other

9.5%

Pricing & size