Nature's Harvest

Nature's Harvest Adult: Chicken review

Name: Nature's Harvest Adult: Chicken
Brand: Nature's Harvest

75.5/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

One construction wearing five different animals, all in our Excellent band. Meat is 60% in every recipe, brown rice at 5% is the only cereal, and nearly every line on the label carries a printed percentage, including the trace extras most makers leave vague.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who read the back of the pack before the front
The animal share quantified, at 60% on every recipe
Dogs that do well on a modest amount of gentle grain
Multi-dog homes, from toy breeds to giants
Rotation feeding: the supporting ingredients never change, only the animal does
Vegetables in the bowl, declared as their fresh equivalents

Worth watching

Salmon oil in all five, so fish is on every label
Brown rice in every recipe, if cereal is off the list
The Duck shares its meat equally with chicken

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

How this scores

How we score

75.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Check the chart for your recipe, as the lamb and turkey ask for more grams a day than the other three.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Turkey 77.4
Chicken 75.5
Duck 75.4
Lamb 74.8
Ocean Fish 70.6

All five Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Close enough together that the animal is what you are really choosing, and a range that holds its own on a strong shelf.

What's in it

Chicken60%The whole meat share to one bird.
Brown rice5%The only cereal in the range.
Dried carrots, dried peas1.3% eachDeclared as 10% fresh carrots and 4% fresh peas, an honest way of showing what went into the pan.
Salmon oilFish on every label in the range.
Dried basil, parsley, rosemary, mint, sageTrace level. Rosemary also keeps the fats from turning.
Minerals, high nucleotide yeast extract, seaweed meal0.015% yeast extractSeaweed brings iodine and a spread of minerals.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, yucca schidigera, cranberry0.025% down to 0.002%Small amounts, and printed, which is the point.

Every trace element dosed per kilo, with zinc and manganese partly chelated to amino acids, a form usually absorbed more readily.

Named ingredients

Chicken (60%), Brown Rice (5%), Dried Carrots (1.3%, equivalent to 10% Carrots), Dried Peas (1.3%, equivalent to 4% Peas), Salmon Oil, Dried Basil, Dried Parsley, Dried Rosemary, Dried Mint, Dried Sage, Minerals, High Nucelotide Yeast Extract (0.015%), Seaweed Meal, Glucosamine (0.004%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.002%), Yucca Schidigera (0.025%), Cranberry (0.002%)

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 60%; Single animal on Lamb and Turkey too; split on Duck and Ocean Fish.
Protein, dry matter: 48.0%; Strongest in the range; Lamb is 36.0%.
Fat, dry matter: 22.0%; Moderate; Lamb runs to 36.0%.

Where poultry has caused no trouble, this is the obvious starting point.

Every recipe declares meat at 60% and brown rice at 5% as its only cereal, then the same dried carrots and peas, salmon oil, herbs and printed trace extras. Chicken, Lamb and Turkey give the whole 60% to one animal; the Duck splits it with chicken and the Ocean Fish between salmon and white fish.

Nearly everything carries a printed percentage, down to the cranberry. What varies is the analysis: fat, energy and estimated carbohydrate move with the animal, and the Ocean Fish is the one noticeably starchier recipe.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

108 kcal/100g

Protein

12%

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

48%

Fat

22%

Fibre

Ash

12%

Carbs

12%

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

60%

Added water

19.4%

Carbs

6.3%

Veg

1.5%

Oils

5.3%

Other

7.6%