Natural Dog Food Company

Natural Dog Food Company Vet Care: Skin & Coat review

Name: Natural Dog Food Company Vet Care: Skin & Coat
Brand: Natural Dog Food Company

51.5/100Good

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

51.5/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

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

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 salmon35%The heaviest fish content in the range.
Potato, sweet potato
Hydrolysed dried white fish14%
Salmon oil4%
Beet pulp
Soya oil3%Worth knowing in a house that keeps soya off the menu.
Hydrolysed salmon gravy, minerals2.5%
Dried algae, borage oil0.2% eachThe coat case, alongside the salmon oil.
Marigold

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc dosed highest in the range at 69 mg, the trace mineral skin depends on most.

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

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Hydrolysed Salmon (35%), Potato, Sweet Potato, Hydrolysed Dried White Fish (14%), Salmon Oil (4%), Beet Pulp, Soya Oil (3%), Hydrolysed Salmon Gravy (2.5%), Minerals, Dried Algae (Schizochytrium sp.) (0.2%), Borage Oil (0.2%), Marigold

Against the range

Fish: Salmon 35%, white fish 14%; Lower fish shares elsewhere
Zinc: 69 mg, the highest; 48 mg to 66 mg
Other oils: Soya oil 3%, borage oil; Coconut oil on Daily Health

The coat recipe, with the most fish and the most zinc.

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

362 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

45.6%

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

51.5%

Carbs

37%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

7.2%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size