Nutrivet

Nutrivet Instinct Atlantic Ten Fish review

Name: Nutrivet Instinct Atlantic Ten Fish
Brand: Nutrivet

73.5/100Excellent

DryAdult

Ten fish named one by one, from herring, salmon, cod and sardines at the top to hake and sea bream further down. Few fish recipes are built with that much specificity, and it lands in our Excellent band. The name does not mean fish only, though: chicken and egg turn up in support.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog that loves fish, with all ten species named on the label
Coats that have lost their shine. Salmon oil and fish oil sit alongside the whole fish
Owners who want a protein-heavy bowl, 40% declared on the panel
Stiffer dogs: chondroitin sulphate, N-acetyl-glucosamine and methylsulfonylmethane are all written in

Worth watching

Dried chicken, chicken oil and fat, dried egg and a poultry hydrolysate, so it is not poultry free
Iodine declared at 20 mg per kilo against 2 mg on the brand's other recipes, with two seaweed extracts as well

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

How this scores

How we score

73.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyPoor

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Our daily amount is an estimate, so judge the portion by your dog's condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Nutrivet Instinct Atlantic Ten Fish 73.5

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The panel lifts it to Excellent; a list with no percentages and an estimated energy figure keep it there.

What's in it

Herring, salmon, cod, sardinesFresh fish leading the list, oily kinds that bring their own omega 3.
Potato, peasThe starch.
Chicken oil and fatHigh on a fish-named list.
Dried mackerel, pollack, whiting, sea bass, sea bream, hakeDried, so they count for more than their place suggests.
Dried chicken, dried whole egg
Salmon oil, fish oil
Dried pea proteinCounts towards the panel without doing as much for a dog as the fish. No percentage to size it.
Beet pulp, vegetables, lentils, sweet potato, fruit
Plasma proteins, poultry hydrolysate, grape seedThe hydrolysate is the palatant. Grape seed is an antioxidant source, not the part of the grape that causes trouble.
Prebiotics, taurine, seaweed extracts, joint compounds, mint, herbsBladderwrack and clubweed bring iodine of their own.

Vitamins A and D3 with iron, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, and iodine at 20 mg per kilo, printed as the label gives it.

Iodine at 20 mg per kilo is ten times the brand's other recipes. It may be genuine for a fish and seaweed food, or a decimal error.

Not poultry free despite the name.

Named ingredients

Herring, salmon, cod, sardines, potato, peas, chicken oil and fat, dried mackerel, dried pollack, dried whiting, sea bass, dried sea bream, dried hake, dried chicken, dried whole egg, salmon oil, fish oil, dried pea protein, beet pulp, green beans, lentils, sweet potato, tomato, apple, alfalfa, spinach, chicory root, yeast, fennel leaf, cranberry, pomegranate pulp, blackcurrant jelly dried plasma proteins, poultry hydrolysate, grape seed, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), mannan oligosaccharides (MOS), taurine, fucus vesiculosus (bladderwrack) extract ascophyllum nodosum (clubweed) extract, yucca schidigera extract, chondroitin sulphate, N-acetyl-glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, mint leaf, L-carnitine tartrate, rosemary extract, green tea extract.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

365.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

40%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

44.4%

Fat

17.8%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.2%

Carbs

28.4%

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

87.1%

Carbs

10.6%

Oils

1.4%

Other

0.9%

Pricing & size