Nature's Variety

Nature's Variety Selected Adult Mini: Turkey review

Name: Nature's Variety Selected Adult Mini: Turkey
Brand: Nature's Variety

64.6/100Good

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

64.6/100Good

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

Turkey

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 turkey meat20%
Dried chicken protein19%The largest dried entry is chicken, not turkey.
Dried peas, dried potato17%, 10%
Dried turkey protein9%
Poultry fat, sweet potato6%, 5%
Beet pulp, pea starch
Hydrolysed animal proteins (poultry, pork, fish)2.5%Less than the other two carry.
Minerals
Dried carrot, dried apple0.5%, 0.3%Equal to 4% fresh carrot and 2% fresh apple.
Dried seaweed (kelp), dried rosemary0.01% eachKelp for iodine, rosemary guarding the fats.

Dosed in print as sulphates, zinc a little lower at 125 mg per kilo, with vitamin E at 650 mg and vitamin C at 300 mg.

Chicken protein at 19% sits alongside the turkey. Not one for a dog avoiding chicken.

Named ingredients

Deboned Turkey meat* (20%), dried chicken protein (19%), dried peas* (17%), dried potato* (10%), dried turkey protein (9%), poultry fat* (6%), sweet potato* (5%), beet pulp*, pea starch*, hydrolysed animal proteins (poultry, pork, fish) (2.5%), minerals, dried carrot* (0.5% equivalent to 4% of fresh carrot), dried apple* (0.3% equivalent to 2% fresh apple), dried seaweed (kelp)* (0.01%), dried rosemary* (0.01%). *Natural ingredients

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 34.8%; 31.5% on the others.
Fat, as fed: 16.5%; Lowest; 17% and 19% on the others.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 34.8%; Lowest of the three.

The most protein and the least starch, and the top of the range on our scoring.

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

364.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

32%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

34.8%

Fat

17.9%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

34.8%

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

50.5%

Carbs

40.9%

Veg

1.5%

Oils

Other

1.1%

Pricing & size