Natural Greatness

Natural Greatness Veterinary Dry: Hepatic & Cardiac review

We don't put a score on this food. It is a veterinary diet, formulated for a diagnosed condition and meant to be fed on a vet's advice. Your vet has seen your dog and we have not, so a number from us could only pull you towards their advice or away from it, and neither of those is ours to do. What follows is what the label declares, what the analysis works out at, and where to buy it, with no judgement attached to any of it.

Natural Greatness puts these six kibbles in its Veterinary line, one recipe per condition, each built on named meats with printed percentages and sold for dogs whose feeding a vet is directing.

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Flavour

Natural Greatness sells six kibbles in its Veterinary line, one recipe per condition, for dogs whose feeding a vet is directing. We do not put a score on them. Every animal entry is named, with printed percentages, which makes each label easy to check against a dog's history.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs on a vet's recommendation for one of the six conditions
Owners who need every animal named, since the label style spells out each one
A recipe matched to the diagnosis: gut, liver and heart, joints, weight, kidneys or struvite
Joint support printed on four labels, with glucosamine and chondroitin dosed by the kilo

Worth watching

No fish-free option: a fish oil is in all six
Hydrolysed proteins still come from the animal named, which matters when the point is exclusion
Glucosamine is usually drawn from shellfish, so mention any shellfish reaction to the vet

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs, mostly of every size. Check with the vet managing the case which of the six they want and at what portion, as four feeding tables assume a lightly exercised dog.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

What's in it

Dehydrated turkey and chicken meat, fresh chicken meat14% each
Potato, peas, tapioca14% eachFive entries sit level at 14%.
Chicken oil10%Carries the calories while protein is held back.
Sweet potato, carob, apple pulp
Turkey and chicken liver hydrolysate2.5%
Salmon oil1.5%
Beet pulp, yeasts, linseed, saltsLinseed at 0.6%.
Fruit and vegetable mixes, dehydrated pumpkin0.3% down to 0.1%
Inulin, yeast cell wall, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphateGlucosamine at 800 mg/kg, chondroitin at 500 mg/kg.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated turkey and chicken meat (14%), Fresh chicken meat (14%), Potato (14%), Peas (14%), Tapioca (14%), Chicken oil (10%), Sweet potato, Carob, Apple pulp, Turkey and chicken hydrolyzate liver (2.5%), Salmon oil (1.5%), Beet pulp, Yeasts, Linseed (0.6%), Potassium chloride, Fruit mix (apple and plum) (0.3%), Vegetable mix (tomato, rosemary, sage, oregano) (0.3%), Sodium chloride, Dehydrated Pumpkin (0.1%), Inulin (source of FOS), Hydrolyzed yeast cell wall (source of MOS), Glucosamine 800 mg/kg, Chondroitin sulfate 500 mg/kg.

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 19.6%; Only the Renal is lower, at 17.4%.
Fat, dry matter: 19.6%; Level with the Renal; 8.7% on the Obesity.
Energy: 383 kcal per 100g; Among the richest in the line.

Protein kept back and fat carrying the calories, the usual shape for a liver recipe.

The six share one build: a dehydrated meat opens most of them with a fresh meat of the same species behind, and the starch is some mix of potato, tapioca, peas, lentils and quinoa. Every one declares inulin for FOS, yeast cell wall for MOS, glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate.

Hydrolysed fractions run through the line, from chicken, salmon or turkey liver depending on the recipe. A fish oil is in all six and chicken oil in four. None declares moisture, so the dry matter figures rest on an assumed 8%, and none prints a vitamin or trace mineral panel.

Price and where to buy

All six are listed in the same two bag sizes, 2kg and 6kg.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

383 kcal/100g

Protein

18%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

19.6%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

48.9%

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

30.5%

Carbs

50.9%

Veg

2.5%

Oils

11.5%

Other

4.6%

Pricing & size