Natural Woodland

Natural Woodland Dry All Age & Breed: Ocean Diet review

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

61.1/100Good

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

61.1/100Good

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

Tuna

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 tuna20%The base of the recipe.
Wholegrain rice18%
Peas, ground rice
Fresh white fish10%No species named.
Chicken oilStill the fat source, on a fish recipe.
Brewers' yeast (MOS), rice protein, lentils2% (lentils)
Hydrolysed salmon, linseed, salmon oilDeeper marine content, plus plant omega 3.
Carob, apple pulp, minerals600 mg/kg (apple pulp)
Carrots, pear, chicory (FOS), yucca1000 mg/kg down to 500 mg/kg
Glucosamine and chondroitinNamed with no figure.

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

Chicken oil is the fat, so this fish recipe is not free of chicken.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated tuna (20%), Wholegrain rice (18%), Peas, Ground rice, Fresh white fish (10%), Chicken oil, Brewers' yeast (MOS), Rice protein, Lentils (2%), Hydrolysed salmon, Linseed, Carob, Apple pulp (600 mg/kg), Minerals, Salmon oil, Carrots (1000 mg/kg), Pear (500 mg/kg), Chicory (FOS) (500 mg/kg), Yucca schidigera, Glucosamine and Chondroitin.

Against the range

Meat: Tuna, white fish, hydrolysed salmon; Land animals lead the other three.
Wholegrain rice: 18%; 15% on the Country; corn on the 4 Tastes.
Fibre, as fed: 3.75%; The highest of the four.

The family's fish recipe, for a dog that does best on marine protein.

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

380 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

16%

Fibre

3.75%

Ash

7.85%

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

4.1%

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

39.6%

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

32.4%

Carbs

58%

Veg

0.6%

Oils

4.5%

Other

4.4%

Pricing & size