Naturo

Naturo Adult Mini Dog Grain Free Pouches review

Name: Naturo Adult Mini Dog Grain Free Pouches
Brand: Naturo

67.7/100Good

WetAdult

A small dog's pouch with the meat kept high and no cereal anywhere on the label. Chicken makes up 65%, broth included, and the fat runs above the protein in dry matter, which is unusual. It is a rich pouch for its size and settles in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pocket-sized dogs, where every mouthful has to carry more of the day's nutrition
Little dogs that like something savoury: chicken and its broth are 65% of the pouch
Owners keeping grain out of the bowl, as nothing on this label is a cereal
Toy breeds that can't manage much volume, at 133 kcal in every 100g
Fussy eaters. Fat at 35.2% of dry matter gives it a rich, meaty character
A dog that ignores the water bowl, with moisture at 73.0%

Worth watching

Calorie dense at 133 kcal per 100g against 97 for the typical adult wet food, so measure the portion for a dog that gains weight easily
Salmon oil on the list, so fish joins the chicken and a strict single-animal diet is out
Potato, carrots and peas share one 20% vegetable heading, and only the potato gets its own figure
Fat at 35.2% of dry matter sits above protein at 33.3%, a change for a dog used to a leaner bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

67.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. Weigh the portion from the start, since a pouch this rich adds up quickly for a dog of mini size.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Naturo Adult Mini Dog Grain Free Pouches 67.7

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The declared 65% chicken and a modest starch estimate carry it into Good, with transparency its strongest pillar.

What's in it

Chicken (including 5% chicken broth)65%The broth is declared openly inside the total, so 5% is broth and not meat.
Vegetables: dried potato, carrots, peas20%Potato (3.9%) carries the starch a grain-free recipe needs; the other two have no figure of their own.
Minerals
Sunflower oil0.75%The plant side of the omega picture.
Salmon oil0.3%Marine omega 3, and the reason this is not a single-animal pouch.
Tomato powder, dried kelp0.15%, 0.08%
Dried cranberry, dried blueberry0.05% each
Dried chicory root0.04%Inulin, a prebiotic fibre. At this dose it is a flourish.
Yeast, dried basil, yucca powder, pomegranate extract0.04% down to 0.002%Seasoning.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, copper and manganese, each with a printed dose; the meat carries much of the rest.

Fat at 9.5% as fed makes this one of the richer pouches on the shelf. Measure the portion for a dog that gains weight easily.

Named ingredients

Chicken 65% (Including 5% Chicken Broth), Vegetables 20% (from 3.9% Dried Potato, Carrots and Peas), Minerals, Sunflower Oil 0.75%, Salmon Oil 0.3%, Tomato Powder 0.15%, Dried Kelp 0.08%, Dried Cranberry 0.05%, Dried Blueberry 0.05%, Dried Chicory Root 0.04%, Yeast 0.04%, Dried Basil 0.016%, Yucca Powder 0.01%, Pomegranate Extract 0.002%

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

133 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

3.5%

Moisture

73%

Dry weight

Protein

33.3%

Fat

35.2%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

13%

Carbs

16.6%

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

60%

Added water

Veg

20.3%

Oils

1.1%

Other

13.7%

Pricing & size