Naturo

Naturo Adult Grain & Gluten Free Pouches: Duck with Chicken review

Name: Naturo Adult Grain & Gluten Free Pouches: Duck with Chicken
Brand: Naturo

62.6/100Good

WetAdult

Flavour

Short, simple pouches with a named animal at 50% and very little behind it, all three in our Good band. After the meat there is one 8% fruit and vegetable line and a sprinkle of botanicals. Cereal is absent throughout.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do best on a short list
Owners who want the animal named and measured on the front line
Small dogs, the size the range is portioned for
Homes keeping cereal and gluten out of the bowl entirely
Dogs that ignore the water bowl. Around four fifths of each pouch is moisture
Poultry lovers wanting a change between three birds

Worth watching

Salmon oil on every label, which rules out a strict single-animal diet where fish is avoided
Glucosamine and chondroitin at trace level only
Peppers, peas and sweet potato weighed as one 8% line
A medium or large dog gets through a lot of these small pouches in a day

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

How this scores

How we score

62.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. If chicken is on your avoid list, skip the Duck with Chicken, which carries both birds.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Duck 62.6
Turkey 61.9
Chicken 61.1

All three Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Three close results, held back by a modest meat share and helped by a label that prints what it does.

What's in it

Duck26%Duck leads the meat share.
Chicken24%The second bird. Worth knowing if chicken is on your avoid list.
Fruit and vegetables: dried mixed peppers, peas, sweet potato8%The whole plant side of the pouch, weighed as one line. Peppers are 1%; the split of the rest is left to the maker.
Minerals
Sunflower oil0.13%Low in saturated fat, with vitamin E carried in naturally.
Flaxseed oil, salmon oil0.06% eachThe omega side. The salmon oil puts fish on the label.
Dried kelp, dried chicory root, yeast0.06% down to 0.04%Chicory root brings inulin, a prebiotic fibre, though only as a nod at this level.
Basil, nettle, yucca, rosehip, marigold, pomegranate extract0.016% down to 0.002%Botanicals for the natural billing on the front.
Basil, nettle, yucca, rosehip, glucosamine, chondroitin, marigold, pomegranate0.016% down to 0.002%Trace botanicals, with the joint pair at a token dose.

A short panel of vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, copper and manganese, every entry carrying a printed figure.

Chicken at 24% behind the duck, so this is no chicken-free choice.

Named ingredients

Duck 26%, Chicken 24%, Fruit and Vegetables 8% (from 1% Dried Mixed Peppers, Peas and Sweet Potato), Minerals, Sunflower Oil 0.13%, Flaxseed Oil 0.06%, Salmon Oil 0.06%, Dried Kelp 0.06%, Dried Chicory Root 0.04%, Yeast 0.04%, Dried Basil 0.016%, Dried Nettle 0.01%, Yucca Powder 0.01%, Dried Rosehip 0.006%, Glucosamine 0.005%, Chondroitin Sulphate 0.0025%, Dried Marigold 0.002%, Pomegranate Extract 0.002%

Against the range

Meat: Duck 26%, chicken 24%; One bird at 50% in the other two
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 17.1%, the heaviest; 12.2% Chicken, 8.5% Turkey
Energy: 91 kcal per 100g; 82 Chicken, 84 Turkey
Protein, dry matter: 38.1%; 42.1% Chicken, 45.0% Turkey

The only pouch here with two birds, and the richest in energy and starch.

Each pouch declares its meat at 50%: chicken or turkey alone, or duck at 26% with chicken at 24%. Behind it sits one 8% fruit and vegetable line (peppers, peas, sweet potato), three oils in fractions of a percent and a tail of botanicals. No cereal or gluten appears on any label, and salmon oil is on all three.

Protein runs from 38.1% to 45.0% of dry matter, and estimated carbohydrate from 8.5% to 17.1%. The added panel is identical across the range, with a printed figure for every entry.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

91 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

3.4%

Moisture

79%

Dry weight

Protein

38.1%

Fat

26.2%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

16.2%

Carbs

17.1%

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

50%

Added water

24.9%

Veg

8.1%

Oils

0.2%

Other

16.7%

Pricing & size