Nature's Protection

Nature's Protection Superior Care White Dogs Grain Free Junior: With Salmon review

Name: Nature's Protection Superior Care White Dogs Grain Free Junior: With Salmon
Brand: Nature's Protection

55.6/100Good

DryPuppy

The maker's growth recipe for white-coated breeds, built on dried salmon at 44% with krill flour behind it. Cereal is replaced entirely by potato pulp, sweet potato and peas, and flaxseed and salmon oil share the fat work. It lands in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Young dogs fed on fish: salmon at 44% and krill flour do the protein work
White-coated breeds, the group the recipe was formulated around
Grain-free homes, with potato pulp and sweet potato in cereal's place
A gentler gut routine. Sugar beet pulp and FOS are both on the list
Coat support from flaxseed and salmon oil

Worth watching

No calcium on the analysis, the growth mineral that matters most for a big pup
Bird fat with no species, so not a clean fish-only exclusion diet
Krill brings shellfish into the bowl
Carbohydrate at an estimated 42.3% of dry matter, so the plant base carries real weight

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

How this scores

How we score

55.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a large breed, ask the maker for the calcium figure before relying on it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

With Salmon 55.6

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Squarely among the general run of growth food, with the plant base doing a little more lifting than in the strongest ones.

What's in it

Salmon, dry and finely ground44%Weighed dry, so it does not shrink in the oven.
Dehydrated potato pulpLeads the plant side.
Sweet potato
Bird fatNo species named, which an elimination diet has to account for.
Peas
Krill flourmin. 4%A tiny crustacean used whole: protein and marine oils, and shellfish.
Sugar beet pulpSteady fibre.
Salmon oil, flaxseedMarine and plant omegas.
Clinoptilolite1%A mineral binder.
FOS, cassava extract, dried calendulaCalendula is named as the lutein source.

A fully dosed panel, from vitamin E at 530 mg to sodium selenite at 0.1 mg, with zinc at 115 mg as a sulphate.

No calcium figure printed. Anyone rearing a big pup on it should ask the maker.

Named ingredients

Salmon 44 % (dry and finely ground), dehydrated potato pulp, sweet potato, bird fat, peas, krill flour (min. 4 %), sugar beet pulp, salmon oil, flaxseed, dynamic microns clinophylolite ( 1 %), fructooligosaccharides (FOS), cassava extract, dry calendula (lutein source).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

353.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.6%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

42.3%

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

48%

Carbs

43.6%

Oils

5.6%

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size