Natures Deli

Natures Deli Grain Free Adult: Duck & Sweet Potato review

Name: Natures Deli Grain Free Adult: Duck & Sweet Potato
Brand: Natures Deli

66.1/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Two Good single-animal kibbles, duck or salmon, with no cereal and the meat declared in three parts. A sensible, unshowy food whose small print is better than its front.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Exclusion diets: the duck bag names only duck, the salmon bag only salmon
Homes avoiding cereal altogether
Dogs that have reacted to chicken; neither recipe has any
Dogs kept off fish, through the duck
Older dogs needing a little joint help

Worth watching

Dried sweet potato as the biggest plant entry, so plenty of starch
Glucosamine and chondroitin are animal derived, so a strict elimination trial should count them

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

How this scores

How we score

66.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The maker asks 175 to 295 grams for a dog of 10kg to 20kg; begin there and let your dog's shape narrow it down.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Duck 66.1
Salmon 63.1

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

There is little between the two, so your dog's preference should decide it.

What's in it

Duck: duck meal 28.4%, duck 10.1%, duck gravy 1.8%40.3%The meal carries its protein intact into the kibble.
Dried sweet potato36.5%The only substantial plant.
Dried beet pulp, duck fatEvery animal entry is the same bird.
Dried peas, dried chick peas3.7%, 2.8%
Brewers' yeast, dried pumpkin1.8% pumpkin
Minerals, linseed oil, vegetable stock, dried carrot0.5% carrotPlant omega 3 from the linseed, slower for the body to use.
MOS, FOS0.23% eachA prebiotic pair.
Ginger, rosemary, yucca, cranberry, dandelion root, pomegranateFlourish quantities.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.011%, 0.005%

Vitamins A, D3, E and C with taurine and L-carnitine, zinc as both oxide and the more readily handled chelate, and a Bacillus gut flora stabiliser.

Calcium runs to 2.2% of dry matter, an adult level and not a growth one.

Named ingredients

Duck (40.3%; including duck meal (28.4%), duck (10.1%), duck gravy (1.8%)), dried sweet potato (36.5%), dried beet pulp, duck fat, dried peas (3.7%), dried chick peas (2.8%), brewers' yeast, dried pumpkin (1.8%), minerals, linseed oil, vegetable stock, dried carrot (0.5%), yeast (as a source of mannan-oligosaccharides (prebiotic MOS; 0.23%)), chicory root extract (as a source of fructo-oligosaccharides (prebiotic FOS; 0.23%)), dried ginger, dried rosemary, yucca schidigera (0.023%), glucosamine (0.011%), dried cranberry, dried dandelion root, dried pomegranate, chondroitin sulphate (0.005%)

Against the range

Meat: Duck, 40.3%; Salmon at 35.1% on the other bag.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 44.0%; 46.2% on the salmon.
Added fat: Duck fat; Salmon oil on the other.
Calcium, dry matter: 2.2%; 1.43% on the salmon.

The fish-free bag, with the larger meat declaration of the two.

Each bag holds one animal, declared in three parts: a meal share doing the heavy lifting, a fresh share and a gravy or stock. Dried sweet potato is the second ingredient in both, so grain free here means no cereal, with carbohydrate at 44.0% and 46.2% of dry matter.

Both print taurine and L-carnitine, MOS and FOS at 0.23% each, a small joint pair and zinc as both oxide and chelate. The fat differs: duck fat on one, salmon oil on the other, linseed oil on both.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

331.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25.5%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

9.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

10.4%

Carbs

44%

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

28.4%

Added water

1.5%

Carbs

56.2%

Veg

2.8%

Oils

5.5%

Other

5.6%