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Naturo Senior Mini Dog Pouches: Turkey & Rice With Vegetables review

Name: Naturo Senior Mini Dog Pouches: Turkey & Rice With Vegetables
Brand: Naturo

67.7/100Good

WetAdultSenior

Naturo's turkey and rice recipe in a 150g pouch sized for a small older dog. Turkey is the only meat, at 65%, and brown rice is declared with its own figure instead of a cereal heading. It lands in our Good band, with transparency reading Outstanding.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs in their later years, easy to overfeed
One sitting per pouch
Dogs that suit turkey better than chicken
Joint ingredients built in, at upkeep levels
Older dogs that handle a little gentle grain

Worth watching

Salmon oil brings fish into a turkey pouch
Potato, carrots and peas share one 10% entry
A bigger dog would need several pouches a meal

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 adults and seniors. If a vet has diagnosed a joint condition, add the vet's dose on top; the pouch is the meal underneath.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 67.7

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The analysis sits close to the typical wet food; a grouped vegetable entry and token joint amounts are what hold it one rung below.

What's in it

Turkey65%The only meat. Mild, easily digested and a little leaner than chicken.
Brown rice12.5%From 5.2% dried brown rice. The single cereal.
Vegetables: potato, carrots, peas10%From 1.8% dried; the split stays with the maker.
Minerals
Sunflower oil0.75%
Salmon oil0.3%Marine omega 3, and the fish with it.
Tomato powder, kelp, cranberry, blueberry0.15% down to 0.05%
Chicory root, yeast, basil, yucca0.04% down to 0.01%Chicory's inulin does the most here.
Glucosamine HCl, chondroitin, pomegranate extract0.005% down to 0.002%Daily upkeep amounts, not a therapeutic programme.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, copper and manganese, every one dosed, plus L-Carnitine at 25mg for a dog that now carries weight more easily.

Named ingredients

Turkey 65%, Brown Rice 12.5% (from 5.2% Dried Brown Rice), Vegetables 10% (from 1.8% 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%, Glucosamine HCl 0.005%, Chondroitin 0.002%, Pomegranate Extract 0.002%

Against the range

One turkey and rice pouch for small older dogs, with the turkey and rice quantified and a short joint and carnitine tail.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

127 kcal/100g

Protein

9.5%

Fat

8.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

3.8%

Moisture

73%

Dry weight

Protein

35.2%

Fat

31.5%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

14.1%

Carbs

17.3%

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

65%

Added water

6.6%

Carbs

12.5%

Veg

10.3%

Oils

1.1%

Other

4.6%