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Nature's Protection Superior Care Red Coat Junior Small Breed review

Name: Nature's Protection Superior Care Red Coat Junior Small Breed
Brand: Nature's Protection

59/100Good

DryPuppy

A salmon junior kibble for dogs whose coats run red or brown, and it finishes in our Good band. The panel adds tyrosine by name, the amino acid coat pigment is built from, with cystine and tryptophan beside it. Krill flour brings the reddish pigment astaxanthin along with its protein.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Junior dogs eating fish, with dried salmon at 46% and krill flour at 4%
Owners thinking about coat and skin. L-Tyrosine and L-Tryptophan come at 500 mg each per kilo, L-Cystine at 1 g
Cereal-free homes
Pups whose digestion likes a little help from beet pulp and FOS

Worth watching

No calcium figure, so ask the maker first for a large or giant pup
Bird fat beside the salmon, so it cannot carry a strict fish-only exclusion trial

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

How this scores

How we score

59/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies and juniors, with every size on the pack despite the small-breed name. Let the growth chart set the portion and the ribs you can just feel have the final word.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Nature's Protection Superior Care Red Coat Junior Small Breed 59.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

An open label is the strongest thing here, and a starch load below the puppy typical helps its case.

What's in it

Salmon, dry and finely ground46%Already dried, so the 46% lands in the kibble near enough as printed.
Dehydrated potato pulpLeads the plant side; no cereal anywhere.
Peas, sweet potatoFibre and some plant protein, held well short of the main event.
Bird fatThe one entry with no species named.
Krill flour4%A small crustacean milled whole: protein, marine oils and astaxanthin.
Sugar beet pulpSteady fibre most dogs handle without fuss.
Salmon oilNames its source.
Monocalcic phosphate, linenCalcium added on purpose, yet no calcium figure is printed.
FOS, clinoptilolite1% clinoptiloliteFood for gut bacteria, and a volcanic mineral as a binder.
Cassava extract, dried blueberry, dried calendulaCalendula is named as the lutein source.

Vitamins and trace minerals with zinc at 115 mg a kilo, then the coat amino acids: L-Tyrosine, L-Cystine and L-Tryptophan.

No calcium figure on a growth food. For a large or giant pup, ask the maker for it first.

Named ingredients

Salmon 46% (dry and finely ground), dehydrated potato pulp, peas, sweet potato, bird fat, krill flour (4%), sugar beet pulp, salmon oil, monocalcic phosphate, linen, fructooligosaccharides (FOS), Dynamic micinophylite (1%), cassava extract, dry blueberry, dry calendula (lutein source)

Against the range

Dried salmon at 46% leads, with krill flour adding marine protein behind it. Potato pulp, peas and sweet potato replace cereal, and the panel ends on three named amino acids aimed at coat.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

368.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.9%

Fat

19.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

35.7%

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

50%

Carbs

43.3%

Oils

3.8%

Other

2.9%

Pricing & size