Natures Deli

Natures Deli Grain Free Senior review

Name: Natures Deli Grain Free Senior
Brand: Natures Deli

62/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A grain-free duck recipe turned towards the older dog, with fat eased back to 10%. What makes it a senior bag is the joint dosing: glucosamine at 0.033% and chondroitin sulphate at 0.019%, both printed and both well clear of token levels. Dried sweet potato and dried potato carry the starch.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Senior dogs still on a full adult bowl, as the label covers both stages
Older dogs whose hips have started to complain
Dogs off cereal altogether
One meat and no surprises: duck from first line to last
Quieter, less active dogs

Worth watching

Carbohydrate estimated at 50.1% of dry matter, so starch has a real presence
Protein at 25.8% of dry matter suits many older dogs and is modest for one still working
Both joint entries come from animal material, which a strict single protein trial has to allow for

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

How this scores

How we score

62/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The energy figure is our estimate, so treat the daily amount as an opening portion and trim or add by how your dog carries it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Natures Deli Grain Free Senior 62.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A fair place for a senior recipe: the duck declaration and the joint dosing pull it up, and the heavy plant side holds it back.

What's in it

Duck: duck meal, duck, duck gravy35.5%The meal at 25.2% is the part that counts, duck with its water already removed. The fresh 8.4% cooks down.
Dried sweet potato30.8%Takes cereal's place.
Dried potato15.2%An easy starch, and with the sweet potato a substantial plant side.
Duck fatSame bird as the meat.
Dried beet pulp, brewers' yeastBeet pulp for fibre that keeps things regular.
Dried peas, dried chick peas, dried pumpkin1.9% each
Minerals, linseed oil, vegetable stock, dried carrotLinseed brings plant omega 3, which a dog converts slowly. Give any coat change weeks.
Yeast (MOS), chicory root extract (FOS)0.23% eachA prebiotic pair aimed at the large intestine.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.033%, 0.019%The senior entries, at doses well clear of the token levels these often appear at.
Dried ginger, rosemary, yucca, cranberry, dandelion root, pomegranate

Taurine and L-carnitine are declared, and zinc comes as both oxide and chelate, with a Bacillus subtilis gut flora stabiliser.

Named ingredients

Duck (35.5%; including duck meal (25.2%), duck (8.4%), duck gravy (1.9%)), dried sweet potato (30.8%), dried potato (15.2%), duck fat, dried beet pulp, brewers' yeast, dried peas (1.9%), dried chick peas (1.9%), dried pumpkin (1.9%), 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, glucosamine (0.033%), dried rosemary, yucca schidigera (0.023%), chondroitin sulphate (0.019%), dried cranberry, dried dandelion root, dried pomegranate

Against the range

Duck is the only animal in the bag, from the meal through to the duck fat. Dried sweet potato and dried potato replace cereal, and the joint entries are printed with their percentages.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

326.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23.5%

Fat

10%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25.8%

Fat

11%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

50.1%

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

25.2%

Added water

1.4%

Carbs

57.9%

Veg

2.8%

Oils

7.3%

Other

5.3%