Nature's Harvest

Nature's Harvest Senior review

Name: Nature's Harvest Senior
Brand: Nature's Harvest

72.6/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

The brand's everyday recipe adjusted for an older dog, not reinvented for one. Fat converts to 18.0% of dry matter, and that is the real senior change. It lands in our Excellent band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs that still want the dinner they always liked
Carrying a few extra pounds: fat is a modest 18.0% of dry matter
Owners who want the chicken quantified, at 55%
Faded appetites. A moist chicken recipe warms easily
Every adult size from one recipe
Protein kept up for a healthy senior, at 44.0% of dry matter

Worth watching

Brown rice and salmon oil, so not grain free or fish free
Carbohydrate at 20.0% of dry matter, a touch above most wet recipes
Glucosamine and chondroitin at gesture level only
Chicken throughout, for a dog grown intolerant of poultry

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

How this scores

How we score

72.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. An older, quieter dog will usually settle below the label's middle figure.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Nature's Harvest Senior 72.6

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Lower fat and a little more starch set it apart from the brand's adult recipes, and neither shift moves the band.

What's in it

Chicken55%Five points below the adult range and still meat-led.
Brown rice6%A slow, familiar grain, and the source of the extra starch.
Dried carrots, dried peas1.3% eachEquivalent to 10% carrots and 4% peas.
Salmon oil
Basil, parsley, rosemary, mint, sageRosemary also keeps the fats fresh.
Minerals, seaweed mealSeaweed for iodine.
High nucleotide yeast extract, yucca schidigera, cranberry0.015%, 0.025%, 0.002%
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.004%, 0.002%A thoughtful gesture, not a measured programme.

Zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium with vitamins A, D3 and E, all dosed; several trace elements chelated, which helps an older gut a little.

Named ingredients

Chicken (55%), Brown Rice (6%), 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

One senior wet recipe. Chicken leads at 55% with brown rice at 6%, then dried carrots and peas (each declared with its fresh equivalent), salmon oil, a herb bench, seaweed meal, yeast extract, yucca and a token joint pair.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

108 kcal/100g

Protein

11%

Fat

4.5%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

44%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

12%

Carbs

20%

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

55%

Added water

21.8%

Carbs

7.3%

Veg

1.5%

Oils

5.9%

Other

8.5%