Nature's Variety

Nature's Variety Selected Adult Mini: Norwegian Salmon review

Name: Nature's Variety Selected Adult Mini: Norwegian Salmon
Brand: Nature's Variety

62.2/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free kibble cut for small mouths, built the same way under three headline animals. The protein leans on a dried entry at 19% straight behind the fresh meat, which is why the finished figures hold up. All three sit in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adults, with a feeding guide that starts at a 1kg dog
Cereal-free homes. Peas, potato and sweet potato supply the starch
Rotation feeding, since only the lead animal changes
Small appetites: the chicken and the salmon pack 401 kcal into 100 grams
A sensitive tummy, helped by the hydrolysed protein

Worth watching

Poultry, pork and fish hydrolysate in all three, so none is single species
Dried chicken protein at 19% in the turkey recipe
Poultry fat in the salmon, so it is not a fish-only bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

62.2/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small-breed adults; the label asks 25 grams a day at 1kg and 80 grams at 5kg. Let the waistline set the portion.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Turkey 64.6
Norwegian Salmon 62.2
Free Range Chicken 61.5

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Strong meat positions earn the Good band across the board; the unnamed poultry fat and the three-animal hydrolysate keep it there.

What's in it

Deboned Norwegian salmon20%
Dried tuna protein19%Fish on the dried side too.
Dried peas, dried potato16%, 12%
Poultry fat7%A bird in the fish recipe.
Sweet potato4%
Hydrolysed animal proteins (poultry, pork, fish)4%Gentle on a touchy gut and good for flavour, but three animal groups in one entry.
Beet pulp, pea protein, potato protein, mineralsTwo plant proteins that the other recipes leave out.
Dried carrot, potato starch, dried apple0.5%, unstated, 0.3%
Dried seaweed (kelp), dried rosemary0.01% eachKelp for iodine, rosemary guarding the fats.

Dosed in print as sulphates, zinc at 135 mg and selenium at 0.11 mg per kilo, with vitamin E at 650 mg; no vitamin D3 is listed on this panel.

Poultry fat at 7% and the poultry and pork hydrolysate mean this is not a fish-only bowl.

Named ingredients

Deboned Norwegian salmon* (20%), dried tuna protein (19%), dried peas* (16%), dried potato* (12%), poultry fat* (7%), sweet potato* (4%), hydrolysed animal proteins (poultry, pork, fish) (4%), beet pulp, pea protein*, potato protein, minerals, dried carrot* (0.5% equivalent to 4% of fresh carrot), potato starch*, dried apple* (0.3% equivalent to 2% fresh apple), dried seaweed (kelp)* (0.01%), dried rosemary* (0.01%). *Natural ingredients

Against the range

Fish: Salmon 20% and dried tuna protein 19%; Chicken or turkey on the others.
Fat, dry matter: 20.7%; Highest; 17.9% on the turkey.
Moisture: Printed at 8%; Assumed on the other two.

The pick for a small dog that does better on fish, provided poultry fat is fine.

All three open with a named deboned meat at 20% and a dried protein at 19%. The dried entry carries much of the protein that reaches the bowl, since the oven takes the water out of fresh meat. Dried peas, dried potato and sweet potato do the binding, with no cereal anywhere.

Poultry fat and hydrolysed animal proteins (poultry, pork and fish) run through every recipe. Protein converts to 31.5% to 34.8% of dry matter and carbohydrate to 34.8% to 38.0%, under the 46.2% typical.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

401 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

19%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

20.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

35.3%

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

43%

Carbs

47.9%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size