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Nourish Grain Free Adult Small Breed: Chicken With Sweet Potato & Herbs review

Name: Nourish Grain Free Adult Small Breed: Chicken With Sweet Potato & Herbs
Brand: Nourish

70.6/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

Nourish's grain-free recipe in a kibble small enough for a small mouth, with the meat share kept at half or more. The chicken reaches our Excellent band, with the lamb and the salmon just behind in Good. These run a shade richer than the standard adult bags.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed adults, the size the kibble is cut and portioned for
One named meat, as the chicken and the lamb both manage
Busy little dogs: fat at 16.3% of dry matter in the chicken and the salmon
Dogs off grain entirely
A fish-loving terrier, with salmon oil named at 4% in the salmon

Worth watching

No glucosamine or chondroitin on any of the three
An omega 3 supplement of unnamed source on every label
The lamb's mineral load, with calcium at 2.17% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

70.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small-breed adults. The label asks 75 grams at 4kg and 160 grams at 12kg, so weigh portions to your dog, not to a 15kg guide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 70.6
Salmon 66.6
Lamb 65.1

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

The three sit close enough that the animal matters more than the order they finish in, and the chicken's edge comes from how its declarations line up.

What's in it

Chicken: freshly prepared, dried, stock55% (27%, 26%, 2%)An almost even fresh and dried split. The dried half is what really reaches the bowl.
Sweet potato26%The lead starch.
Peas7%
Beet pulp, potatoBeet pulp for fibre.
LinseedPlant omega 3.
Omega 3 supplementSource not named, so not strictly fish free.
Minerals, vegetable stock
Herbs: marjoram, basil, oregano, sage, thyme, parsley0.3%Where the name comes from.
Fructooligosaccharides96 mg/kgNo MOS on this label.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese and copper in sulphate forms.

Named ingredients

Chicken 55% (including Freshly Prepared Chicken 27%, Dried Chicken 26% & Chicken Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (26%), Peas (7%), Beet Pulp, Potato, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Vegetable Stock, Herbs (0.3% including Marjoram, Basil, Oregano, Sage, Thyme, Parsley), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 55%, dried 26%; Lamb 50% with 18% dried; salmon and trout 53% with 20% dried.
Protein, dry matter: 31.5%; The highest; 28.3% in the lamb.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 39.2%; The lowest; up to 42.4% in the salmon.
Prebiotics: FOS only; FOS and MOS in the other two.

The strongest of the three on our scoring, and the one with the most meat reaching the bowl.

All three cut the brand's grain-free build down to a small kibble without shrinking the meat: half the recipe or more, split between freshly prepared and dried. Sweet potato at 22% to 26% leads the plant side, with peas, potato and beet pulp behind it. No cereal appears.

Linseed and an unnamed omega 3 supplement are on every label, and FOS at 96 mg/kg. Carbohydrate runs from 39.2% to 42.4% of dry matter against a typical 46.2%. The animal, the dried share and the mineral load are what vary.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

371 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

15%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

39.2%

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

29%

Added water

26.6%

Carbs

41.7%

Other

2.6%

Pricing & size