Naturo

Naturo Senior Trays: Duck With Rice And Vegetables review

Name: Naturo Senior Trays: Duck With Rice And Vegetables
Brand: Naturo

71.3/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

Naturo's everyday construction, 65% named meat with brown rice and vegetables, with glucosamine, chondroitin and L-Carnitine added for an older dog. Chicken, duck and turkey each get their own tray. The chicken and duck reach our Excellent band and the turkey sits a step below in Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs still eating with real appetite, as an everyday dinner with senior extras
Owners who like the joint entries spelled out on every tray
Dogs that need turkey or duck in place of chicken, each at 65%
Homes with a younger dog too, as the trays are written for adults as well
Dogs that manage a modest amount of cereal: brown rice is the only one

Worth watching

Salmon oil at 0.3% puts fish in all three trays
The joint pair is at trace level, enough for upkeep but not for a diagnosed problem
Potato, carrots and peas share one 10% entry

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

How this scores

How we score

71.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. For a dog with arthritis already diagnosed, keep the vet's dosing alongside these trays.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Chicken 72.7
Duck 71.3
Turkey 69.6

Three recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The chicken and the duck edge into Excellent and the turkey sits just behind, so the pick still rests on which meat suits your dog; grouped vegetables and token joint amounts stop the reading climbing.

What's in it

Duck65%A change of pace from the usual poultry.
Brown rice (from 5.2% dried brown rice)12.5%The only cereal, and about as undemanding as a carbohydrate gets.
Vegetables: dried potato, carrots, peas10%Grouped under one entry, so no proportion for the potato alone.
Minerals
Sunflower oil0.75%
Salmon oil0.3%Fish in every tray, whatever the headline meat.
Tomato powder, kelp, cranberry, blueberry0.15% down to 0.05%Kelp for iodine.
Chicory root, yeast, basil, yucca, pomegranate extract0.04% down to 0.002%Chicory carries prebiotic inulin.
Glucosamine HCl, chondroitin0.005%, 0.002%The senior tail, at upkeep amounts.

L-Carnitine at 25mg for an older dog's waistline, with vitamins A, D3 and E and zinc, iron, copper and manganese, each dosed.

Named ingredients

Duck 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 HCI 0.005%, Chondroitin 0.002%, Pomegranate Extract 0.002%

Against the range

Ash, as fed: 4.0%; Slightly higher than the other two.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 20.3%; 17.3% on the chicken and turkey.
Protein, dry matter: 35.2%; 38.5% on the chicken.

A good answer for an older dog that has lost interest in the usual poultry.

Each tray leads with one named animal at 65%, with brown rice at 12.5% as the only cereal and a 10% vegetable entry of potato, carrots and peas. Protein converts to between 35.2% and 38.5% of dry matter.

The senior additions are the same on all three: glucosamine and chondroitin at trace level, and L-Carnitine in the additive panel. Salmon oil at 0.3% sits on every list, and a tail of declared botanicals follows it.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

121 kcal/100g

Protein

9.5%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

73%

Dry weight

Protein

35.2%

Fat

27.8%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

14.8%

Carbs

20.3%

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%