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Nourish Grain Free Adult Large Breed: Turkey With Sweet Potato & Cranberry review

Name: Nourish Grain Free Adult Large Breed: Turkey With Sweet Potato & Cranberry
Brand: Nourish

68.6/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Nourish's grain-free kibble sized for a big dog, with the joint support a big dog eventually needs, and both bags sit in our Good band. Half of each recipe is salmon with trout, or turkey. Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane and chondroitin sulphate each come with a printed dose you can hold the maker to.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed adults, the size the feeding tables are written around
Joints that need help before they need help
Grain-free homes, with sweet potato and potato doing a cereal's job
A dog that will not touch fish, with the turkey bag
Big dogs with a delicate digestion, beet pulp joined by FOS and MOS

Worth watching

An omega 3 supplement on both labels with no source named
Pea and potato protein behind the turkey's meat
Protein declared at 24% on the salmon, modest for a big dog in hard work

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

How this scores

How we score

68.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed adults, with a feeding table that starts at 20kg. A big dog gets through far more than our 15kg example, so go by the label's own table.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 68.6
Salmon 65.9

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named animal at half the recipe and a dosed joint package carry both; the starch behind the meat is what stops them going further.

What's in it

Freshly prepared turkey28%
Dried turkey18%Carries more of the protein into the kibble.
Turkey fat, turkey stock2% eachThe one animal fat in the range pinned to a species.
Sweet potato24%
Peas, potato, beet pulp7% peas
Pea protein, potato proteinPlant protein that lifts the headline figure.
Omega 3 supplementNo source given, so neither bag counts as strictly fish free.
Vegetable stock, linseed, minerals, vitamins
Cranberry0.2%
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate170 mg/kg, 170 mg/kg, 125 mg/kgThe reason this range exists, dosed in print.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, plus FOS at 96 mg/kg and MOS at 24 mg/kg.

Part of the protein figure comes from pea and potato protein.

Named ingredients

Turkey 50% (including Freshly Prepared Turkey 28%, Dried Turkey 18%, Turkey Fat 2% & Turkey Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (24%), Peas (7%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Pea Protein, Potato Protein, Omega 3 Supplement, Vegetable Stock, Linseed, Minerals, Vitamins, Cranberry (0.2%), Glucosamine (170mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), FOS (96 mg/kg), MOS (24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: Turkey throughout, fat included; Salmon and trout on the other
Protein, dry matter: 31.5%; 26.1% on the salmon
Plant protein: Pea and potato protein; Not on the salmon

Stronger on paper of the two, with plant protein helping the figure along.

Both labels declare 50% of the recipe as a named animal and break it into a freshly prepared part and a dried one. Sweet potato at 24% leads the plant side, then peas and potato, with no cereal and beet pulp for fibre.

The joint package is identical and printed with doses, as are the two prebiotics. Each bag also carries an omega 3 supplement with no source attached. Calcium reads 1.52% of dry matter on both.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

367 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

42.4%

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

48%

Added water

2.8%

Carbs

47.6%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size