Nature's Protection

Nature's Protection Superior Care Red Coat Adult Grain Free: With Lamb review

Name: Nature's Protection Superior Care Red Coat Adult Grain Free: With Lamb
Brand: Nature's Protection

52.7/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free kibble written for the dog with a red, brown or chestnut coat. The case rests on tyrosine, the amino acid a dog draws on for darker pigment, dosed alongside krill and salmon oil. It keeps the pathway supplied and promises no change of colour, and both recipes reach our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs with a red, brown or chestnut coat, the audience on the front of the bag
A cereal-free bowl. The starch is potato pulp, sweet potato and peas
Older dogs or stiff joints, with glucosamine at 250 mg/kg and chondroitin at 100 mg/kg on the list
Dogs that take their omega 3 from the sea, as krill flour is 4% of both

Worth watching

Krill and salmon oil in both, so neither is fish free
Bird fat with no species, which limits a strict poultry elimination plan
Estimated carbohydrate between 41.2% and 43.3% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

52.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Neither energy figure is declared, so start from the daily amount and let the waistline settle it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

With Salmon 55.6
With Lamb 52.7

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Both sit level with an average adult dry food, lifted by a dried meat declaration that survives the oven and held back by modest protein.

What's in it

Lamb meat, dry and finely ground38%Declared dry, so the share survives cooking. Protein lands at 27.5% of dry matter.
Dehydrated potato pulp, sweet potato, peasThe grain-free starch base.
Bird fatNo species given.
Krill flour4%A marine crustacean, bringing omega 3 in the form dogs use directly.
Sugar beet pulpFibre.
Clinoptilolite1%A volcanic mineral, used as a binder.
Dicalcium phosphate
Salmon oil, linseed
FOS, cassava extract, green tea extract, dried calendulaCalendula is the lutein source.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate250 mg/kg, 100 mg/kgJoint support with the doses printed.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with folic acid and biotin, sulphate trace minerals, selenium as sodium selenite, and L-tyrosine, L-cystine and L-tryptophan for the coat claim.

Krill flour and salmon oil mean this lamb recipe is not fish free.

Named ingredients

38%lamb meat (dry and finely ground), dehydrated potato pulp, sweet potato, peas, bird fat, krill flour (4%), sugar beet pulp, dynamic micinophylite clinoptilolite (1%), diccalcic phosphate, oil of salmon, linen, fructooligosaccharides (FOS), cassava extract, green tea extract, dry calendula (lutein source), glucosamine (250 mg/kg), chondroitin sulfate (100 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: Lamb, 38%; Salmon at 43% in the other.
Ash, dry matter: 11.6%; 9.3% in the salmon.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 43.3%; 41.2% in the salmon.
Tail: Green tea extract, dicalcium phosphate; Blueberry and monocalcium phosphate in the salmon.

The pick for a dog that does better on red meat than on fish flesh, with the heavier mineral load of the two.

Both open on a named meat declared dry and finely ground, so the percentage is weighed after the water has gone. Behind it sits a cereal-free base of dehydrated potato pulp, sweet potato and peas, with cassava extract binding the biscuit. Krill flour at 4%, salmon oil and linseed carry the marine and plant omega 3, and bird fat goes unnamed on both.

The additives are the same pair to pair: L-tyrosine, L-cystine and L-tryptophan for the pigment pathway, glucosamine and chondroitin printed with their milligrams. What varies is the meat, a few tail ingredients and the mineral load.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

344.4 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

10.6%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

11.6%

Carbs

43.3%

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

42%

Carbs

50.3%

Oils

3.9%

Other

3.8%

Pricing & size