Natures Deli

Natures Deli Grain Free Adult Wet Food: Chicken review

Name: Natures Deli Grain Free Adult Wet Food: Chicken
Brand: Natures Deli

78.9/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

A meat-first wet range with all four trays in our Excellent band. The named animal is 71% or 72% of every tray, and everything behind it is printed in small amounts, the vegetables twice over: dried, and as the fresh weight they stand in for.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Grain-avoiding households, with no cereal anywhere on the label
Dogs held to one animal: the chicken and turkey trays each carry a single named meat
Owners who want honest percentages
Dogs that need a rich, protein-forward dinner
A change from the usual birds, with duck leading one tray at 40%

Worth watching

Dried mixed herbs never says what is in it
White fish in the salmon tray with no species
No declared energy, so portions are a starting point

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

How this scores

How we score

78.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. With no calorie figure on the tray, weigh the first week's portions and adjust by condition.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 78.9
Duck 78.3
Turkey 75.3
Salmon 70.2

All four Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All four match the typical wet tray, on construction more than any single flourish.

What's in it

Chicken72%The whole animal share, from one bird.
Dried sweet potato, dried carrot1% and 0.5% (equivalent to 4% each fresh)Printed both dried and as the fresh weight it stands in for.
Dried peas, dried broccoli0.3% and 0.2% (equivalent to 1% and 2%)
Minerals
Dried mixed herbsThe one vague entry. Could be almost any leaf, and can change by batch.
Sunflower oil, mannan-oligosaccharides, chicory root extract0.1% eachThe prebiotics are the ones doing recognisable work.
Dried seaweed, yucca, cranberry and yeast extracts0.06% down to 0.01%Seasoning at these levels.

Minerals are declared only as a nutritional additive group, with no doses listed.

Named ingredients

Chicken (72%), Dried Sweet Potato (1%, equivalent to 4% Sweet Potato), Dried Carrot (0.5%, equivalent to 4% Carrot), Dried Peas (0.3%, equivalent to 1% Peas), Minerals, Dried Broccoli (0.2%, equivalent to 2% Broccoli), Dried Mixed Herbs, Sunflower Oil (0.1%), Prebiotic MannanOligosaccharides (0.1%), Chicory Root Extract (0.1%), Dried Seaweed (0.06%), Yucca Extract (0.02%), Cranberry Extract (0.02%), Yeast Extract (0.01%).

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 72%; Turkey 71% alone; duck and fish trays split two animals.
Protein, dry matter: 38.5%; The strongest; the salmon is 32.0%.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 13.5% (estimate); Up to 22.2% on the turkey.

The biggest single-animal share in the range and the most protein.

Every tray is at least seven tenths named animal: chicken at 72%, turkey at 71%, duck at 40% with chicken at 31%, or salmon at 36% with white fish at 35%. Sweet potato, carrot, peas and broccoli follow, each printed dried and as the fresh weight it replaces, and there is no cereal.

In dry matter, protein runs from 32.0% to 38.5% and fat from 31.5% to 34.6%. The tail is prebiotics and seasoning at 0.1% and below, with one vague entry, dried mixed herbs.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

123.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

74%

Dry weight

Protein

38.5%

Fat

34.6%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

11.5%

Carbs

13.5%

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

72%

Added water

15.4%

Carbs

1.3%

Veg

0.9%

Oils

0.1%

Other

10.4%