Naturaw

Naturaw Real Simple: Duck review

Name: Naturaw Real Simple: Duck
Brand: Naturaw

83.4/100Outstanding

RawAdult

Flavour

Three raw recipes that do what the name promises. A British bird ground with its bone leads each, a second animal adds depth, and a printed percentage sits against every entry down to the seaweed. Naturaw skips the premix and builds its balance from whole foods, and all three score Outstanding.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who like to picture every item in the bowl
A dog happier off cereal. Squash and broccoli are the only plants doing any filling
Steering clear of red meat: the Duck pairs duck with whitefish and nothing four legged
Big dogs and very small ones, with a feeding guide from 2kg to 50kg
Buying to fit the freezer, as single packs sit alongside two box sizes

Worth watching

Fish and free range egg in all three recipes
Beef heart, tripe and liver in the Chicken and the Turkey
Freezer space and raw handling: thaw in the fridge, keep bowls and surfaces clean, wash your hands

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

How this scores

How we score

83.4/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. No calcium figure is printed, so ask Naturaw before feeding a growing puppy, and settle any fish question before ordering.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Free Range Chicken 85.4
Free Range Turkey 84.1
Duck 83.4

All three Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

None of the three pulls ahead; this is a strong food in the strongest field we score.

What's in it

British duck with bone49%The bone is where the calcium comes from.
Boneless whitefish38.4%Takes the place a second land animal fills elsewhere. A proper ingredient, not a garnish.
Butternut squash5.6%
British duck liver3.3%Much of the vitamin and mineral load sits here.
Broccoli1.8%
Free range British egg0.92%Protein and fat.
Organic Scottish seaweed0.27%Hand harvested; iodine and trace minerals in place of a premix.
Wheatgerm oil0.27%Printed with vitamin E beside it.

None. Naturaw publishes no premix and reaches its balance from whole foods; the only named vitamin source is the wheatgerm oil.

No calcium figure is printed; the ground bone is the calcium source and the ash shows it is there.

Named ingredients

49% British Duck with Bone, 38.4% Boneless Whitefish, 5.6% Butternut Squash, 3.3% British Duck Liver, 1.8% Broccoli, 0.92% Free Range British Egg, 0.27% Sustainably Hand Harvested Organic Scottish Seaweed, 0.27% Wheatgerm Oil (Vitamin E)

Against the range

Other animals on the label: Whitefish, egg; Beef and oily fish in the other two.
Energy: 137 kcal per 100g; Same as the Turkey; the Chicken is 174.
Protein, dry matter: 59.4%; 50.9% to 62.0% across the range.

For a dog steering clear of red meat, this is the recipe here.

The build is the same three times: a British bird ground with its bone, a second animal for depth, then butternut squash and broccoli as the only plants of any size. Liver appears in every recipe, and free range egg, Scottish seaweed and wheatgerm oil close each list. Every entry carries a printed percentage.

There is no vitamin and mineral premix; the offal and seaweed do that work. Fish is on all three labels. Carbohydrate converts to no more than 4.9% of dry matter, and protein runs from 50.9% to 62.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

137 kcal/100g

Protein

16.3%

Fat

7.65%

Fibre

0.19%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

72.54%

Dry weight

Protein

59.4%

Fat

27.9%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

2.9%

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

92%

Veg

7.7%

Oils

0.3%

Pricing & size