Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's Nature's Goodness Adult Dry: Lamb & Vegetables review

Name: Sainsbury's Nature's Goodness Adult Dry: Lamb & Vegetables
Brand: Sainsbury's

63.5/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Sainsbury's grown-up dry recipe, and a different animal from its Complete Nutrition bags. The meat is named at 30% in both varieties, with the dried and fresh shares written out. Both settle in our Good band, the chicken a fraction ahead.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept off fish: the omega side is all plant
One named bird and nothing else, in the chicken bag
Dogs that do better without grain
Active adults, with fat at 15.2% of dry matter
Label readers who want meal and fresh meat as separate figures

Worth watching

Chicken fat and chicken gravy in the lamb bag, so it will not clear a dog kept off chicken
No moisture declared on either pack
High energy on both, so a quiet dog wants the smaller end of the guide

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

How this scores

How we score

63.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The pack guides run from about 165 to 385 grams a day for dogs of 10kg to 30kg, so let your dog's shape settle where in that span it belongs.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Chicken 68.1
Lamb 63.5

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Naming lifts both bags, and the chicken noses ahead because more of its meat arrives as meal.

What's in it

Lamb meal18%
Freshly prepared lamb12%More of the meat arrives fresh than in the chicken bag.
Sweet potato, potato
Dried peas6%
Chicken fatLamb led, not lamb only.
Potato proteinLifts the protein reading with no animal material.
Dried beet pulp, chicken gravy
Linseed2%Plant omega 3.
Minerals, yeast products0.2% on the yeast
Cranberry, blueberry, marigold, turmeric, spearmint

Minerals as oxides and sulphates, with selenium as sodium selenite, the mineral salt.

Chicken fat and chicken gravy on a lamb label.

Named ingredients

Lamb 30% (Lamb Meal 18%, Freshly Prepared Lamb* 12%), Sweet Potato*, Potato*, Dried Peas* (6%), Chicken Fat*, Potato Protein, Dried Beet Pulp*, Chicken Gravy, Linseed* (2%), Minerals, Yeast Products (0.2%, as a source of Prebiotic MOS), Dried Cranberry*, Dried Blueberry*, Marigold Flower*, Turmeric*, Dried Spearmint. *Natural ingredients

Against the range

Meat: 30%: 18% meal, 12% fresh; Chicken 30%: 22% meal, 8% fresh
Potato protein: Yes; Not in the chicken bag
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 45.7%; 47.8% on the chicken
Ash, dry matter: 9.8%; 7.6% on the chicken

A change of red meat for a dog that is fine with chicken in the background.

Both bags name their meat at 30%, with the meal and freshly prepared shares printed separately, and both swap grain for sweet potato, potato and dried peas. Linseed at 2% is the omega source, so there is no fish anywhere. Chicken fat and chicken gravy run through both recipes. Neither pack declares its moisture, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366 kcal/100g

Protein

23.5%

Fat

14%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

25.5%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

45.7%

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

32.8%

Carbs

57.4%

Oils

5.2%

Other

4.6%

Pricing & size