Nature's Way

Nature's Way 50% Recipes: 50% Chicken Recipe review

Name: Nature's Way 50% Recipes: 50% Chicken Recipe
Brand: Nature's Way

61.9/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A plain spoken British kibble that gives half of every recipe to one named animal and builds the rest on brown rice, barley and oats. The joint package is dosed in print, which sets it apart from a vague support claim. All three finish in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want one animal carrying half the recipe, fresh and dried shares listed apart
Dogs who do well on grain
Older or stiffening dogs, with glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin each on their own declared line
A household of very different sizes, since one table runs from the smallest dogs past 45kg
Dogs kept off poultry, in the lamb or the salmon

Worth watching

Salmon oil in the chicken and the lamb, so neither is fish free
Barley brings gluten
The lamb carries the most ash, at 10%, and calcium at 2.5% of dry matter. Ask your vet if minerals are being kept down
Glucosamine usually comes from shellfish and chondroitin from cattle cartilage, which a strict elimination trial has to count

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

How this scores

How we score

61.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The salmon feeds at a noticeably larger daily amount than the other two on the bag's table, so check the right column.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

50% Chicken Recipe 61.9
50% Salmon Recipe 60.2
50% Lamb Recipe 58.9

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The declared meat share does most of the lifting; the limit is how much protein survives the oven once the water in the fresh meat has gone.

What's in it

Chicken, dried chicken20.6%, 22.6%The dried share is the one doing the protein work.
Chicken fat, chicken liver4%, 2.4%Liver for flavour and B vitamins.
Brown rice21%Keeps its bran and germ, so more than plain starch.
Barley, harvest oatsOats are among the kindest cereals for a dog's gut. Barley brings gluten.
Beet pulp
Linseed, salmon oil, sunflower oilSalmon oil means this is not fish free.
Minerals, yucca schidigera extract
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin.017%, .017%, .01%Each on its own declared line.
Prebiotic MOS, prebiotic FOSFeed the gut bacteria that keep digestion steady.
Mixed herbsSeasoning, not medicine.

Iron, zinc, manganese, iodine, copper and selenium dosed in print, with vitamins A, D3 and E.

Named ingredients

50% Chicken consisting: Chicken (20.6%), Dried Chicken (22.6%), Chicken Fat (4%), Chicken Liver (2.4%), Brown Rice (21%), Barley, Harvest Oats, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Salmon Oil, Sunflower Oil, Minerals, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Glucosamine (.017%), MSM (.017%), Chlondroitin (.01%), Prebiotic MOS, Prebiotic FOS, Mixed Herbs consisting: Thyme, Majoram, Sage, Basil, Parsley, Oregano

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 20.6% fresh, 22.6% dried; Lamb and salmon, each split the same way.
Omega 6: 3.4%; 1.3% on the lamb, 1.8% on the salmon.
Protein, dry matter: 26.1%; 23.9% on the lamb.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.64%; 1.63% on the salmon, 2.5% on the lamb.

The strongest of the three on our scoring, with the most dried meat behind the headline.

Each recipe puts half its weight into one named animal and prints the split: fresh meat, dried meat, then a fat or oil and a liver, gravy or stock. The dried entry is the one that delivers the protein. Brown rice, barley and harvest oats make up the base, with beet pulp for fibre, linseed and sunflower oil for fats, and salmon oil added to the chicken and lamb.

The same package sits under all three: glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin with their own percentages, yucca, prebiotic MOS and FOS, and a pinch of mixed herbs. What varies is the fat, the omega balance and the minerals, with the lamb carrying the most ash and calcium.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

358.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

15%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

45.6%

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

75%

Carbs

21%

Oils

Pricing & size