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Natures Menu Raw Freeze-Dried: Chicken review

Name: Natures Menu Raw Freeze-Dried: Chicken
Brand: Natures Menu

86.6/100Outstanding

Freeze-driedAdult

Flavour

Raw food with the water lifted out, so it keeps in a cupboard and comes back to life in the bowl. All four flavours sit in our Outstanding band. Each one is a single animal from top to bottom, and selenium comes from a selenised yeast where most foods use the salt.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who like raw but have no freezer room for it
A dog kept to one animal at a time. Each flavour names a single species
Feeding away from home: no chill needed, rehydrates with warm water
Adult dogs from toy breeds to giants
Rotation feeders, with four proteins on an identical base

Worth watching

No fish among the four
Dense food, so the daily amount looks small and wants weighing
No calcium on the labels; ask the maker if minerals are being watched

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

How this scores

How we score

86.6/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The pieces come back best with a little warm water and a few minutes, so allow for that in the evening routine.

Food type

Freeze-dried

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beef 86.7
Lamb 86.7
Chicken 86.6
Turkey 86.6

All four Outstanding. Typical dry food: Good.

The four are as evenly matched as our scoring gets, so choose by the animal.

What's in it

Chicken80%The most familiar meat of the four.
Carrots, apples5% each
Butternut squash, sweet potato1% each
Pea fibre, minerals
Cranberries, blackberriesCranberries bring vitamin C and natural antioxidants.
Flaxseed, chicory root, kaleChicory root carries inulin, a prebiotic for the gut bacteria lower down.
Peppermint, coconut oil, green tea, yucca, rosemary, parsley, dandelion root, hawthorn leafSeasoning quantities.

Vitamins A, D and E, zinc, iron, copper and iodine dosed per kilo, with selenium from an inactivated selenised yeast, the less common and generally better absorbed source.

For a dog with a chicken history, the other three flavours sit on the same base.

Named ingredients

Chicken 80%, Carrots 5%, Apples 5%, Butternut Squash 1%, Sweet Potato 1%, Pea Fibre, Minerals, Cranberries, Blackberries, Flaxseed, Chicory Root, Kale, Peppermint, Coconut Oil, Green Tea, Yucca, Rosemary, Parsley, Dandelion Root, Hawthorn Leaf

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 34.0%; The lowest; 35.1% to 36.2% on the others.
Energy: 440 kcal per 100g; The lightest; 445 to 450 elsewhere.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 9.6%; The highest, still low; 7.4% on the turkey.

The gentlest on fat, so the bowl holds a little more of this one.

Each flavour is 80% of one named animal, with no egg, fish oil or unnamed fat, so no second species joins it. The garden list is identical across all four: carrots and apples at 5% each, butternut squash and sweet potato at 1%, then berries, flaxseed, chicory root, kale and herbs.

In dry matter, protein runs from 39.4% to 42.6% and fat from 34.0% to 36.2%, with carbohydrate never above 9.6%. Only the meat changes.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

440 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

39%

Fat

32%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

41.5%

Fat

34%

Fibre

6.4%

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

9.6%

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

80%

Carbs

5.1%

Veg

11.5%

Oils

0.1%

Other

3.3%

Pricing & size