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Naturaw Forage Puppy review

Name: Naturaw Forage Puppy
Brand: Naturaw

80.1/100Outstanding

RawPuppy

Flavour

Frozen raw for puppies with a whole-food answer to micronutrition: no premix, and egg, oily fish, seaweed and a botanical blend doing that job instead. Sourcing is written into the ingredient names, from organic British chicken to grass fed British lamb. Both recipes sit in our Outstanding band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppy owners who want free range, grass fed and organic named on the list
Growing dogs that need meat doing the work
Homes steering clear of synthetic supplements
A puppy raised on variety, with beef organs behind the chicken and lamb organs behind the turkey
Organ meat from the start, heart and liver itemised on both

Worth watching

No calcium figure on either recipe, which matters more for a large-breed puppy
Blue mussel, egg and an unnamed oily fish, worth registering in the right household
Frozen 500g packs need freezer room, a fridge defrost and the usual hygiene

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

How this scores

How we score

80.1/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyAverage

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, fed by bodyweight from 8% a day under three months and less as they grow. For a large-breed pup, ask Naturaw for the calcium figure first.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Free Range Turkey 85.5
Naturaw Forage Puppy 80.1

All two Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Holding the top band without a premix is the interesting part; the turkey edges ahead on a fully percentaged label and a more protein-led analysis.

What's in it

Organic British chicken with boneFirst on a list with no percentages, so order is all you have to read it by.
Boneless grass fed British beef: meat, heart, liverA real organ share, where much of a growing dog's micronutrition comes from.
Whole seasonal oily fishNo species named.
Organic broccoli, whole blackberries
Free range British egg
Organic kale
Organic Scottish seaweedIodine and a broad mineral spread, hand harvested.
Wheatgrass, pumpkin seeds, hemp seedsWheatgrass is the leaf, not the grain, so no cereal or gluten.
Scandinavian blue mussel (MSC)A shellfish, the entry to note in a household avoiding them.
Cleavers, nettles, Yorkshire sea saltTraditional herbs at trace level; the salt is for sodium.

No calcium figure published. For a large-breed puppy, ask Naturaw for it.

Named ingredients

Organic British Chicken with Bone, Boneless Grass Fed British Beef (Meat, Heart, Liver), Whole Seasonal Oily Fish, Organic Broccoli, Whole Blackberries, Free Range British Egg, Organic Kale, Sustainably Hand Harvested Organic Scottish Seaweed, Wheatgrass, Pumpkin Seeds, Hemp Seeds, Sustainably Sourced Scandinavian Blue Mussel (Msc), Cleavers, Nettles, Pure Yorkshire Sea Salt

Against the range

Percentages: None on the label; Every entry carries one on the turkey.
Fat, dry matter: 39.8%; 29.6% on the turkey.
Energy: 170 kcal per 100g, declared; About 140 on the turkey, estimated.
Organs: Grass fed British beef; Grass fed British lamb on the turkey.

The denser, richer bowl of the two, for a fast-growing puppy.

Neither recipe carries a vitamin and mineral premix. Whole seasonal oily fish, free range British egg, organic broccoli and kale, blackberries and the Forage botanical blend are asked to do that work. The blend holds Scottish seaweed, wheatgrass, pumpkin and hemp seeds, blue mussel, cleavers, nettles and Yorkshire sea salt. Both put a bird with its bone first and a grass fed British red meat with heart and liver behind it.

What differs is how much the label tells you and how rich the bowl is. The turkey prints a percentage on every entry; the chicken prints none. Carbohydrate stays under 5% of dry matter on both, with nothing starchy on either list.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

170 kcal/100g

Protein

15.16%

Fat

13.12%

Fibre

0.76%

Ash

2.32%

Moisture

67.02%

Dry weight

Protein

46%

Fat

39.8%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

Carbs

4.9%

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

85.6%

Veg

9.9%

Other

4.5%

Pricing & size