Nature's Protection

Nature's Protection Superior Care White Dogs Adult Small & Mini Breed: With Lamb review

Name: Nature's Protection Superior Care White Dogs Adult Small & Mini Breed: With Lamb
Brand: Nature's Protection

41.4/100Average

DryAdult

Flavour

A small-breed range for pale-coated dogs with two recipes that are not interchangeable, both in our Average band. The white fish puts a counted, named fish first and leaves grain out. The lamb is built the older way, with three entries ahead of the meat.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and mini adults with pale coats, the dog the range is named for
Seeing the meat counted, 41% in the white fish
Small dogs kept off cereal, with the white fish recipe
Fussy little eaters. The lamb recipe adds hydrolysed chicken liver and dried egg

Worth watching

Salmon oil in both, so neither is fish free
Rice, poultry fat and barley ahead of the lamb
Unnamed poultry fat on both labels, no anchor for a strict elimination trial

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

How this scores

How we score

41.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and mini adults. Pick the recipe first: the white fish if grain is the concern, the lamb if a fussy appetite is.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

With White Fish 48.7
With Lamb 41.4

All two Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Both land in the same band by very different routes: the fish on a named, counted meat share, the lamb held lower by how little animal sits behind it.

What's in it

RiceFirst on the list.
Poultry fatBird not named. Fat declared at 18%.
Barley
Lamb meat, dried and finely groundFourth, with no percentage.
Soy protein isolate, hydrolysed chicken liverA plant protein and a chicken palatant.
Salmon oil, linseedMarine and plant omega 3.
Sugar beet pulp, dried eggs
Clinoptilolite, FOS, chicory extract1% clinoptilolite
Dried cranberry, borage oil, green tea, dried marigold
Grape seed extractThe pressed seed residue, an antioxidant; the trouble with grapes is the fruit itself.

Taurine at 1200 mg and DL-methionine at 2.5 g, with vitamin C at 600 mg and zinc sulphate at 145 mg per kilo.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Rice, poultry fat, barley, lamb meat (dried and finely ground), soy protein isolate, hydrolyzed chicken liver, salmon oil, linseed, sugar beet pulp, dried eggs, micronized dynamic clinoptilolite (1%), fructooligosaccharide (FOS), dried cranberry, borage oil, chicory extract, green tea, dried marigold, grape seed extract.

Against the range

Meat: Lamb, fourth, no figure; White fish leads at 41%.
Grain: Rice and barley; None in the white fish.
Fat, dry matter: 19.6%; White fish 14.3%.
Other proteins: Soy isolate, chicken liver, egg; Krill flour in the white fish.

The one to try when palatability is the problem and grain is not.

Two quite different recipes share the name. The white fish is grain free and leads with 41% dried white fish; the lamb opens with rice, poultry fat and barley and puts the lamb fourth with no figure. Both carry the pale-coat touches: marigold for lutein, green tea and linseed.

Salmon oil, poultry fat with no bird named, sugar beet pulp, FOS and clinoptilolite at 1% appear on both labels. Calcium sits at comfortable adult levels in each, 0.87% of dry matter in the lamb and 1.32% in the white fish.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

385 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

21%

Fat

18%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

6.2%

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

6.7%

Carbs

49.3%

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

17.3%

Carbs

61%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

15.3%

Other

6.3%

Pricing & size