Natures Deli

Natures Deli Grain Free Senior Wet Food review

Name: Natures Deli Grain Free Senior Wet Food
Brand: Natures Deli

72.6/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

A chicken tray written for an older dog, with potato standing where a cereal usually would. What sets it apart is how much the label explains: the dried potato and vegetables carry their fresh weights in print, and even the joint pair has figures. It finishes near the top of our Excellent band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Joints beginning to show their age, with glucosamine and chondroitin both given a figure
Grain-avoiding seniors. Potato does the cereal's work
Owners who like dried ingredients explained
Coat and skin, with salmon oil at 0.3%
Older dogs eating a little less, on a fully dosed vitamin and mineral panel

Worth watching

Salmon oil on a chicken label, so no fish-free elimination diet
Vegetables and fruit and plant extracts as group terms
Small joint amounts: keep a dog on any prescribed dose
Potato twice, with carbohydrate an estimated 20.0% of dry matter against 15.8% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

72.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. An older dog taking life gently often needs a little under the usual portion, so watch the waistline.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Natures Deli Grain Free Senior Wet Food 72.6

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A senior recipe judged on the same scale as every adult wet food, and it comes out ahead of most of them.

What's in it

Chicken60%The only animal on the list. Protein converts to 36.0% of dry matter.
Potato (from dried potato)20% (4.9% dried)Carries the starch in place of cereal.
Vegetables (from dried carrots and peas)10% (1.8% dried)A group term.
Minerals
Sunflower oil0.75%
Potato starchA binder, and potato's second appearance.
Salmon oil0.3%For skin and coat, and the fish on a chicken label.
D-xylose, tomato powder, dried kelp, chicory root, dried basil0.02% chicoryChicory is the prebiotic; kelp brings iodine.
Fruit and plant extracts, yucca powder
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.005%, 0.002%Modest amounts, a helping hand built into dinner.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, copper, manganese, iodine and selenium, each with a figure per kilo.

Named ingredients

Chicken 60%, Potato 20% (from 4.9% Dried Potato), Vegetables 10% (from 1.8% Dried Carrots and Peas), Minerals, Sunflower Oil 0.75%, Potato Starch, Salmon Oil 0.3%, D-Xylose, Tomato Powder, Dried Kelp, Chicory Root 0.02%, Dried Basil, Fruit and Plant Extracts, Glucosamine 0.005%, Yucca Powder, Chondroitin Sulphate 0.002%.

Against the range

One grain-free tray: chicken at 60% and no other meat, potato and a small vegetable share with their dried weights printed, then a long tail of joint, skin and gut extras, most with a figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

114 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

3.5%

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

36%

Fat

28%

Fibre

Ash

14%

Carbs

20%

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

60%

Added water

5.4%

Carbs

21.4%

Veg

10.6%

Oils

Other

1.7%

Pricing & size