Nature's Way

Nature's Way 80% Recipes review

Name: Nature's Way 80% Recipes
Brand: Nature's Way

48.4/100Average

DryAdult

A grain free fish kibble with an unusually short list, and it sits in our Average band. The headline is 45% fish, but fresh fish gives up its water in the oven, so the bowl reads more moderate than that number. The best thing on the label is the omega pair, declared at 1.3% and 1.4%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs steered off land meats. Fish is the only animal ingredient
A label short enough to read start to finish in the aisle
Dogs happier off cereal, with dried potato and dried sweet potato at 18% each
A dull coat, with omega 3 coming straight from the fish and salmon oil
Mixed households: one feeding table runs from the smallest dogs to a 45kg one

Worth watching

A dried blended fish with no species named, which rules out a strict single species trial
Named fish entries that do not add up to 45%, so read the headline as the maker's total
Skin Soothe as the last entry, a name with nothing to explain it

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

How this scores

How we score

48.4/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Start in the middle of the label's daily range and let the waistline move it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Nature's Way 80% Recipes 48.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Fish carries all the protein and nothing looks chosen to bulk the bag, but the balance sets a moderate ceiling.

What's in it

Salmon18%Fresh, so mostly water before the oven.
Dried blended fish8%The entry that turns into finished protein. No species named.
Trout7%
Salmon oil, salmon gravy2% eachMarine omega 3 a dog can use at once.
Dried potato, dried sweet potato18% eachThe starch. Sweet potato gives a slower release and a little more in vitamins.
Pea starch, beet pulp
LucerneAlfalfa by another name: fibre and minerals.
Sunflower oil, minerals
Skin SootheA name, not a description. The maker will say what is behind it if asked.

Biotin at 145 mcg for coat and claw, with zinc and iron at 50 mg and iodine at 1 mg per kilo.

The named fish entries add up to less than the 45% headline.

Named ingredients

45% Fish consisting: Salmon (18%), Dried Blended Fish (8%), Trout (7%), Salmon Oil (2%), Samon Gravy (2%), 36% Potato consisting: Dried Potato (18%), Dried Sweet Potato (18%), Pea Starch, Beet Pulp, Lucerne, Sunflower Oil, Minerals, Skin Soothe

Against the range

One recipe on a short list. A 45% fish block of salmon, dried blended fish, trout, salmon oil and salmon gravy, then 36% potato split evenly between dried white and dried sweet. Protein finishes at 25.0% of dry matter and carbohydrate at 49.5%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

341.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

12%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

49.5%

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

50.8%

Added water

1.7%

Carbs

45.8%

Oils

1.7%

Pricing & size