Natures Deli

Natures Deli Puppy/Junior review

Name: Natures Deli Puppy/Junior
Brand: Natures Deli

66.6/100Good

DryPuppy

A turkey puppy kibble that prints the breakdown instead of one front-of-bag number, sitting in our Good band. Turkey totals 32.5%, mostly as meal, with brown rice behind it. Calcium is on the label at 1.65% of dry matter, exactly what an owner rearing a pup wants to see printed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups fed on turkey alone. Even the fat is named turkey fat
Owners who would sooner see brown rice than wheat or maize
Lively pups filling out quickly, at an estimated 365 kcal per 100g
Joint and gut extras printed with figures, from glucosamine to MOS and FOS
Anyone who wants a declared calcium figure

Worth watching

Brown rice at 22.3%, so grain is part of this recipe
Pea protein high on the list. Some of the 30.0% protein is plant, not turkey
Calcium suits small and medium growth, but run it past your vet for a large or giant pup

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

How this scores

How we score

66.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. The energy figure is our estimate, so treat the daily amount as a weekly checkpoint and let body condition settle the final number.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Natures Deli Puppy/Junior 66.6

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing inside it troubles us, so the reading comes down to assembly: a large brown rice share, pea protein lifting the figure, and only the meal part of the turkey carrying through.

What's in it

Turkey meal, turkey, turkey gravy24.9%, 5.7%, 1.9%32.5% in all. The meal is the workhorse; fresh turkey loses much of its weight to the oven.
Brown rice22.3%A whole grain that brings its own fibre.
Turkey fatNamed, so the turkey stays the only meat.
Pea proteinA refined plant protein that does not match meat for digestibility.
Dried beet pulp
Dried peas, chick peas, sweet potato, pumpkin3.8% down to 1.9%
Brewers' yeast, minerals, linseed oil, vegetable stockLinseed oil for the omega 3 that feeds coat and brain development.
Dried carrot, yeast, chicory root extract0.5%, MOS and FOS 0.14% eachThe prebiotics, dosed.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.012%, 0.005%
Rosemary, yucca, cranberry, dandelion root, pomegranateyucca 0.024%Flourishes. Choose the bag on what comes before them.

A thorough panel, with zinc from both an oxide and a chelate, a live Bacillus subtilis culture to steady gut flora and tocopherol extracts to keep the fats fresh.

Calcium converts to 1.65% of dry matter. Large and giant breeds grow to a tighter brief, so ask your vet first for a big pup.

Named ingredients

Turkey (32.5%; including turkey meal (24.9%), turkey (5.7%), turkey gravy (1.9%)), brown rice (22.3%), turkey fat, pea protein, dried beet pulp, dried peas (3.8%), dried chick peas (2.9%), dried sweet potato (2.9%), 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%)), dried rosemary, yucca schidigera (0.024%), glucosamine (0.012%), dried cranberry, dried dandelion root, dried pomegranate, chondroitin sulphate (0.005%)

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

364.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

30%

Fat

18%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

33%

Fat

19.8%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

33.5%

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

24.9%

Added water

1.5%

Carbs

53.7%

Veg

2.9%

Oils

11.4%

Other

5.6%