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Nood Dry Small to Medium Breed: Cage-Free Chicken review

Name: Nood Dry Small to Medium Breed: Cage-Free Chicken
Brand: Nood

55.7/100Good

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One bag meant to feed a whole small-dog household, puppies through to seniors, and it comes equipped for it. The chicken on the front is backed by pork and poultry proteins, with chicory root and a live probiotic for the gut. A tartar-control additive you rarely see outside dental ranges is dosed on the label. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and medium dogs of any age. The label lists it for puppies, adults and seniors
A puppy and an older dog fed from the same bag
Dogs whose digestion likes some help: prebiotic chicory root and a live gut flora stabiliser
Small-breed teeth, with a dedicated tartar-control additive at 0.35%

Worth watching

Pork, chicken, an unnamed poultry protein and salmon oil all on one label, so a strict elimination plan does not fit
Maize and barley, if you keep grain out of the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

55.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of small and medium breeds. Check the bag's weight bands against your dog and let the waistline decide between them.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small, Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Cage-Free Chicken 55.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It keeps step with the typical dry food, held back by how much of the recipe the cereals and peas account for.

What's in it

Fresh chicken14%Fresh meat loses most of its water in the oven, so the dried proteins behind it do much of the work.
Dehydrated pork proteinSecond on the list, despite the chicken name.
Maize, barleyThe starch.
Whole peas, split peas10% (whole)
Hydrolysed poultry proteinBroken down small for easy digestion. The label never says which bird.
Pork fatPreserved with mixed tocopherols.
Dried beet pulp, dehydrated chicken protein
Salmon oil, chicory root, linseed, brewer's yeast0.5% down to 0.25%Chicory is declared as a source of FOS and inulin, the prebiotics.
Sodium hexametaphosphate0.35%Binds the minerals in saliva before they harden onto teeth.
Blueberry, sweet potato, carrot, spinach and the rest0.01% eachDecoration at these amounts.

A full vitamin and trace mineral panel in sulphate and selenite forms, plus Enterococcus faecium as a live gut flora stabiliser.

Pork, chicken and an unnamed poultry protein share the bowl, so the chicken name is not the whole story.

Named ingredients

Fresh Chicken (14%), Dehydrated Pork Protein, Maize, Barley, Whole Peas (10%), Split Peas, Hydrolyzed Poultry Protein, Pork Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Dried Beet Pulp, Dehydrated Chicken Protein, Salmon Oil (0.5%), Dried Chicory Root (a natural source of FOS and Inulin), Sodium Hexametaphosphate (0.35%), Linseed (0.25%), Dried Brewer's Yeast, Blueberry (0.01%), Sweet Potato (0.01%), Carrot (0.01%), Spinach (0.01%), Green Peas (0.01%), Apple (0.01%), Turmeric (0.01%), Althea, Peppermint (0.01%). Additives (per kg): Vitamins: Vitamin A 3a672a: 15000 IU, Vitamin D3 3a671: 1500 IU, Vitamin E 3a700: 101 mg. Trace Elements: Iron (Iron sulphate monohydrate) 3b103: 50 mg, Iodine (Calcium iodate anhydrous) 3b202: 1.5 mg, Copper (Copper sulphate pentahydrate) 3b405: 10.0 mg, Manganese (Manganese sulphate monohydrate) 3b503:10.0 mg, Zinc (Zinc sulphate monohydrate) 3b605: 62.5 mg, Selenium (Sodium selenite) 3b801: 0.20 mg. Binders: Sepiolite 350 mg. Gut Flora Stabilizer: Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 109 cfu. Antioxidants: (Natural) tocopherol extracts from vegetable oil.

Against the range

One recipe. Fresh chicken opens the label at 14%, with dehydrated pork protein second and dehydrated chicken protein further down; on our estimate the animal share comes to 47.3%. Maize, barley and peas carry the starch. Beet pulp, chicory root and a live probiotic look after the gut, and sodium hexametaphosphate at 0.35% is there for tartar.

Price and value

It is sold in a 1.42kg bag.

As a guide, a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition gets through about 231 grams a day, assuming about 840 kcal a day (110 × bodyweight^0.75, the standard maintenance estimate). On the label's own guide, dogs of 2 to 4kg take 68 to 134 grams a day and dogs of 10 to 19kg take 226 to 380 grams. Let the waistline arbitrate between the bands on the bag.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

364.2 kcal/100g

Protein

26.5%

Fat

15%

Fibre

3.9%

Ash

8.4%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.1%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

40.9%

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

47.3%

Carbs

48.6%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

2.1%

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size