Nature's Variety

Nature's Variety Meat Boost Adult review

Name: Nature's Variety Meat Boost Adult
Brand: Nature's Variety

67.8/100Good

DryAdult

A single chicken kibble that puts more of the bowl into the animal than most dry foods attempt, and it lands in our Good band. Chicken comes three ways, each with its percentage: fresh at 28.5%, dried protein at 21% and freeze dried at 4%. Carbohydrate is estimated at 32.1% of dry matter, against the 46.2% typical of adult dry.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adults in busy work or sport, with protein and fat both high on the panel
Owners who want chicken as the only named species
Dogs off fish altogether: no fish oil, fish meal or krill on the list
Fussy eaters. Freeze dried chicken and a protein hydrolysate are both there for taste
Energy declared at 386 kcal per 100 grams, so portions start from a printed figure

Worth watching

Poultry fat and the protein hydrolysate name no species, which leaves a bird-sensitive dog without a clear answer
A quiet adult on gentle walks will need modest portions of a bowl this rich
Peas, chickpeas and two pea fractions, for a household keeping legumes out

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

How this scores

How we score

67.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Judge the portion by the waistline, starting from about 205 grams a day for a 15kg adult.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Nature's Variety Meat Boost Adult 67.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Three counted chicken entries carry the score; two unnamed animal entries and no moisture figure stop it climbing higher.

What's in it

Deboned free range chicken meat28.5%Fresh, so most of its weight cooks off as water.
Dried chicken protein21%The entry that survives cooking more or less as declared.
Dried peas, dried chickpeas11%, 5%Lead a modest plant side.
Poultry fat5%No bird named.
Freeze dried free range chicken4%Of which 2.5% is deboned. An uncommon way to add meat to a kibble, there as much for taste as protein.
Dried sweet potato4%
Protein hydrolysate3.5%Proteins broken into fragments that taste stronger to a dog. The one line naming no animal, so a strict elimination trial needs a different bag.
Pea starch, potato starch, pea fibreThe binders that hold a grain free biscuit together.
Dried chicory root, dried pumpkinseedChicory brings inulin, a prebiotic. Pumpkinseed is an unusual inclusion.
Dried carrot, broccoli, apple, kelp, rosemary0.5% down to 0.3%Kelp for iodine, rosemary to keep the fats from turning.

Vitamins A, D3, E and C, with iron, iodine, manganese, zinc and selenium each dosed by the kilo.

No moisture on the label, so the dry matter figures assume a standard 8%.

Named ingredients

Deboned Free Range Chicken Meat (28.5%), Dried Chicken Protein (21%), Dried Peas (11%), Dried Chickpeas (5%), Poultry Fat (5%),Freeze Dried Free Range Chicken -2.5% Deboned- (4%), Dried Sweet Potato (4%), Protein Hydrolysate (3.5%), Pea Starch, Potato Starch, Pea Fibre, Dried Chicory Root, Dried Pumpkinseed, Minerals, Dried Carrot (0.5% Equiv. To 4% Of Fresh Carrot), Dried Broccoli (0.5% Equiv. To 4% Fresh Broccoli), Dried Apple (0.3% Equiv. To 2% Fresh Apple), Dried Kelp, Dried Rosemary

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

386 kcal/100g

Protein

31%

Fat

19%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

33.7%

Fat

20.7%

Fibre

4.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

32.1%

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

52%

Carbs

36.2%

Veg

2.1%

Oils

Other

4.7%

Pricing & size