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Natural Dog Food Company Original Puppy Chicken
DryCompletePuppyContains grain
Good points
- One animal protein: chicken
- No ingredient deductions
First ingredients: 52% Chicken (includes 26% Freshly Prepared Chicken, 20% Dried Chicken, 4% Chicken Fat, 2% Chicken Gravy), Brown Rice, Fruits*… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 46%
- Protein, dry weight
- 29%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~44%
- kcal/100 g
- 350
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken. 46% of the recipe is declared meat.
52% Chicken (includes 26% Freshly Prepared Chicken, 20% Dried Chicken, 4% Chicken Fat, 2% Chicken Gravy), Brown Rice, Fruits*, Vegetables*, Herbs*, Linseed, Brewers Yeast. *9% combined inclusion
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “52% Chicken”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| 52% Chicken (includes 26% Freshly Prepared Chicken, 20% Dri… | Named meat | 52% |
| Brown Rice | Grain | Not given |
| Fruits* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Vegetables* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Herbs* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Brewers Yeast | Other | Not given |
6% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.
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Nutrition
Protein 29% and carbs about 44%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 26% | 29% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 14% | 16% |
| Carbohydrate | ~40% | ~44% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 4% | 4.4% |
| Ash | 6% | 6.7% |
| Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed | 10% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.
Energy350 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 39
The kind of meat scored best (10.4 of 15). Starch scored lowest (5.2 of 20).
How much meat?
17.6 / 45 points- Meat on the label16.1 / 35 points
46% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.5 / 10 points
Protein is 28.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
5.2 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 44.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
6 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.
What kind of meat?
10.4 / 15 points- How the meat is listed10.4 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 87% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat0 / 3 points
No organ meat named.
No ingredient deductions.
Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.
Against other dry foods
What the score means
One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.
75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.
How we rate foods →Less starch in the bowl
Half and half by calories with Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 44% to 25% by dry weight, and protein is about 36%.
Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.
Best wet foods →Ingredient notes
Nothing flagged in 6 ingredients. 2 are not in our ingredient database yet.
6 ingredients with nothing flagged
Chicken, herbs, linseed (flaxseed), rice, vegetables, yeast
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Chicken, herbs, linseed (flaxseed), rice, vegetables, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Herbs, vegetables, yeast
2 not in our ingredient database yet
Combined inclusion, fruits
Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Natural Dog Food Company. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Natural Dog Food Company | 12kg | £74.95 | £6.25/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Natural Dog Food Company | 2kg | £17.95 | £8.97/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Natural Dog Food Company | 6kg | £44.95 | £7.49/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Natural Dog Food Company | 12kg | £74.95 | £6.25/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Natural Dog Food Company | 2kg | £17.95 | £8.97/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Natural Dog Food Company | 6kg | £44.95 | £7.49/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
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- Carbs
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- Carbs
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- Carbs
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Taken from the maker’s page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 28 Sep 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Natural Dog Food Company (the maker).
Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0
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