Natures Deli

Natures Deli Adult Large Breed review

Name: Natures Deli Adult Large Breed
Brand: Natures Deli

59.4/100Good

DryAdult

The brand's turkey and rice recipe retuned for big dogs, and a Good result in our scoring. The joint doses go up, taurine is added and the fat comes down. Turkey stays the only animal on the list, and for a steady large-breed adult it is an honest, easy food to feed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large-breed adults, the dogs the bag is formulated and sized for
A big dog's joints: glucosamine at 0.033% and chondroitin sulphate at 0.019%, a step up from the brand's standard adult
Dogs kept off fish, as the omega 3 is linseed oil
One named meat. Turkey and turkey fat are the only meat entries
Big-breed hearts, with taurine added in print

Worth watching

Brown and white rice behind the turkey, so plants take a substantial share of the bag
A declared 24% protein is gentle for a large dog in hard work
Glucosamine and chondroitin with no source named, which an exclusion diet has to account for

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

How this scores

How we score

59.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Written for large-breed adults, so keep it for the years after a big dog has finished growing. A dog twice the weight will not eat twice as much: weigh the first meals and let the ribs guide you.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Natures Deli Adult Large Breed 59.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The reason it stops where it does is arithmetic: two rices take a big share of the bowl, and nothing on the label is a red flag.

What's in it

Turkey: turkey meal, turkey, turkey gravy32.7% (25.1%, 5.7%, 1.9%)The meal delivers the protein; the fresh turkey and gravy do more for flavour.
Brown rice30%Keeps its bran and germ, with fibre and B vitamins.
Dried beet pulpFermentable fibre.
White rice, turkey fatThe plainer rice of the two.
Dried peas, chick peas, sweet potato, pumpkin3.8% down to 1.9%
Brewers' yeast, minerals
Linseed oilThe only added oil and the only omega 3, so no fish anywhere. Plant omega 3 converts slowly; give a coat a couple of months.
Vegetable stock, dried carrot0.5% for the carrot
Yeast MOS, chicory root FOS0.14% eachPrebiotics.
Glucosamine, rosemary, yucca, chondroitin sulphate, cranberry, dandelion root, pomegranate0.033% down to 0.019%The joint doses that mark this out as rewritten for big dogs.

Taurine and vitamins A, D3, E and C, zinc twice over with half as the better-absorbed chelate, and a live Bacillus subtilis gut culture.

No moisture figure on the label, so the dry-matter numbers assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Turkey (32.7%; including turkey meal (25.1%), turkey (5.7%), turkey gravy (1.9%)), brown rice (30%), dried beet pulp, white rice, turkey fat, dried peas (3.8%), dried chick peas (2.8%), dried sweet potato (2.8%), brewers' yeast, dried pumpkin (1.9%), minerals, linseed oil, vegetable stock, dried carrot (0.5%), yeast (as a source of mannan-oligosaccharides (prebiotic MOS; 0.14%)), chicory root extract (as a source of fructo-oligosaccharides (prebiotic FOS; 0.14%)), glucosamine (0.033%), dried rosemary, yucca schidigera (0.024%), chondroitin sulphate (0.019%), dried cranberry, dried dandelion root, dried pomegranate

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

338.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

12%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

47.3%

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

25.1%

Added water

1.1%

Carbs

63.2%

Veg

2.8%

Oils

3.9%

Other

Pricing & size