Natural Woodland

Natural Woodland Dry All Age & Breed: 4 Tastes Diet review

Name: Natural Woodland Dry All Age & Breed: 4 Tastes Diet
Brand: Natural Woodland

50/100Good

DryPuppyAdult

Flavour

A four-recipe family that keeps cereal in the bowl on purpose, all in our Good band with the 4 Tastes Diet lowest. Each recipe takes its own route through the meats, from a four-way meat and fish blend to dehydrated Iberian pork. If cereal has never troubled your dog, there is an unusual amount of choice here.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Homes with dogs of different ages; every recipe covers puppies, adults and seniors
Dogs that suit a rice-based bowl
Owners after a less common meat, in Iberian pork with wild boar
Fish-fed dogs, with the Ocean Diet built on dehydrated tuna
Stiffening older dogs. The 4 Tastes Diet doses glucosamine and chondroitin at 1000 mg/kg each

Worth watching

Corn second on the 4 Tastes Diet, ahead of the peas and rice
Chicken oil in all four, so chicken is in every one
Puppies are covered but no recipe declares calcium; ask the maker before a large-breed pup grows on it

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

How this scores

How we score

50/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Every recipe is listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. For a large-breed puppy, get the calcium figure from the maker first, and expect a growing pup to eat a good deal more than an adult.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Country Diet 64.0
Wild Iberian Diet 62.6
Ocean Diet 61.1
4 Tastes Diet 50.0

All four Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing dramatic separates the set; corn in second place and four animals folded into one percentage weigh most on the 4 Tastes Diet.

What's in it

Dehydrated chicken, turkey, salmon, tuna32%Four animals under one figure, none broken out.
CornSecond place, which tells you where the bulk comes from. Digestible once cooked.
Peas15%
Rice12%
Fresh chicken meat6%
Chicken oil6%
Hydrolysed chicken liver, beet pulp, carob, minerals
Glucosamine, chondroitin1,000 mg/kg eachThe most generous joint dosing in the family, and printed.
MSM400 mg/kg
Chicory, rosemary300 mg/kg each

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, plus zinc methionine; the antioxidants and preservatives are not named.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated Meats and Dehydrated Fish (32%) (Dehydrated Chicken, Dehydrated Turkey, Dehydrated Salmon, Dehydrated Tuna), Corn, Peas (15%), Rice (12%), Fresh Chicken Meat (6%), Chicken Oil (6%), Hydrolyzed chicken liver, Beet pulp, Carob, Minerals, Glucosamine (1,000 mg/kg), Chondroitin (1,000 mg/kg), MSM (Methylsulfonyl methane) (400 mg/kg), Natural herbs: Chicory (300 mg/kg), Rosemary (300 mg/kg).

Against the range

Meat: Four animals at 32%, one figure; The others break their meats out.
Main starch: Corn; Wholegrain rice in the other three.
Joint doses: Printed; Named without a figure elsewhere.
Antioxidants: Unnamed; Tocopherols on the other three.

The joint specialist of the family, at the cost of the vaguest meat declaration.

All four keep cereal in the bowl on purpose: wholegrain rice with ground rice behind it in three, corn second on the 4 Tastes Diet. Chicken oil is the fat in every recipe, the tuna and pork ones included. Each prints its trace minerals line by line, and each carries glucosamine and chondroitin, though only the 4 Tastes Diet gives them a dose.

Carbohydrate stays under the 46.2% typical of adult dry food across the range. What varies is the meat: a poultry blend, a tuna and white fish recipe, Iberian pork with wild boar, and a four-way mix under one figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375.3 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.75%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

40.5%

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

45.7%

Carbs

43.8%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

Other

4.2%

Pricing & size