Natural Woodland

Natural Woodland Dry All Age & Breed: Country Diet review

Name: Natural Woodland Dry All Age & Breed: Country Diet
Brand: Natural Woodland

64/100Good

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

64/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

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

Chicken

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 turkey and chicken20%
Wholegrain rice15%Keeps its bran and germ, and few cereals sit more gently.
Peas, ground riceGround rice is the refined version, doing a plainer job.
Fresh chicken meat10%
Chicken oil, lentils5% (lentils)
Dehydrated salmon2%A little fish in a poultry recipe.
Hydrolysed chicken liver, carob, apple pulp, minerals, salmon oil
Brewers' yeast (MOS), chicory (FOS)500 mg/kg (chicory)Two prebiotics feeding the gut's own bacteria.
Fruit and vegetable blends, rosemary, malva3,000 mg/kg down to 400 mg/kgSeasoning at these levels, honestly dosed.
Glucosamine and chondroitinNamed with no figure.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, preserved with tocopherols.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated Turkey and Dehydrated chicken meat (20%), Wholegrain rice (15%), Peas, Ground rice, Fresh chicken meat (10%), Chicken oil, lentils (5%), Dehydrated salmon (2%), Hydrolysed chicken liver, Carob, Apple pulp, Minerals, Salmon oil, Brewers' yeast (MOS), Fruits: (Pear, Apple, Blueberries) 3,000 mg/kg, Vegetables: (Carrots, Broccoli, Pumpkin, Spinach, Ginger) 3,000 mg/kg, Rosemary 1,200 mg/kg, Chicory (FOS) 500 mg/kg, Malva 400 mg/kg, Glucosamine and Chondroitin.

Against the range

Meat: Turkey and chicken, plus 2% salmon; Tuna, Iberian pork or a four-way mix on the others.
Garnish: Fruit and vegetables dosed at 3000 mg/kg each; Matched only by the Wild Iberian.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 39.7%; 36.9% to 40.5% across the four.

The poultry recipe and the most generously garnished of the four.

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

385 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

16%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

39.7%

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

37.5%

Carbs

52.9%

Veg

1.8%

Oils

4.7%

Other

3.1%

Pricing & size