Nature's Protection

Nature's Protection Superior Care Red Coat Adult Small Breed: With Salmon review

Name: Nature's Protection Superior Care Red Coat Adult Small Breed: With Salmon
Brand: Nature's Protection

56.6/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A small breed kibble drawn up for red and brown coats, with both recipes in our Good band. The meat is declared dry, 40% lamb or 44% salmon, and there is no cereal. The coat thinking is in the additives panel: three amino acids, each with a dose.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adults in red, brown or chestnut coats, the dog on the bag
Little dogs kept off cereal
Omega 3 from the sea, with krill flour on both lists
Owners who read the additives panel, where L-tyrosine, L-cystine and L-tryptophan each have a figure

Worth watching

Krill and salmon oil in both, so neither suits a dog kept off fish
Bird fat with no species
No glucosamine or chondroitin, so keep any joint supplement going

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

How this scores

How we score

56.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. The pigment amino acids keep a pathway supplied; genetics still decide the colour, so judge the food on the dog's condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

With Salmon 56.6
With Lamb 54.2

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Generous dried meat declarations carry both into the band, and a protein figure that is solid without being large holds them there.

What's in it

Salmon (dry and finely ground)44%The largest single meat declaration in the range.
Dehydrated potato pulp, peas, sweet potatoNo cereal.
Bird fatNo species named, which limits a strict poultry trial.
Krill flour, salmon oilkrill 4%The marine anchor for skin and coat, and the reason neither recipe is fish free.
Sugar beet pulp, linseed, FOSFibre, plant omega 3 and a prebiotic.
Monocalcium phosphateSupplies minerals.
Clinoptilolite1%A binder, no kind of nutrient.
Cassava extractDoes the binding a grain would.
Dry blueberry, dry calendula

Three amino acids for coat pigment, L-tyrosine and L-tryptophan at 500 mg and L-cystine at 1 g, with sulphate trace minerals and selenium as sodium selenite, the less easily absorbed form.

Named ingredients

Salmon 44 %(dry and finely ground), dehydrated potato pulp, peas, sweet potato, bird fat, krill flour (4 %), sugar beet pulp, salmon oil, monocalcic phosphate, dynamic micronized clinophyllolite (1 %), linaza, fructooligosaccharides (FOS), cassava extract, dry blueberry, dry calendula (lutein source)

Against the range

Meat: Salmon, 44%; Lamb at 40% in the other.
Fat, dry matter: 18.7%; 16.5% in the lamb.
Other animals on the label: Everything but the bird fat comes from the sea; The lamb pairs land meat with krill and salmon oil.

The richer reading of the pair, and the one for a dog that does well on fish.

Both recipes open on a dried, finely ground meat, lamb at 40% or salmon at 44%, so little of the figure is lost in the kibble. Neither has cereal: dehydrated potato pulp, sweet potato and peas take its place. Krill flour at 4%, salmon oil and linseed carry the omega 3 in both, and both dose the same three coat pigment amino acids.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

363.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

17%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.7%

Fat

18.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

39%

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

48%

Carbs

45.1%

Oils

3.9%

Other

Pricing & size