Natures Way 50% Lamb Recipe

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Natures Way 50% Lamb Recipe

DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
36/ 100
WeakTop 32% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 28 Sep 2026

Good points

  • One main animal protein: lamb
  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • About 47% carbs (dry weight)

First ingredients: 50% Lamb consisting: Lamb (23%), Dried Lamb (20%), Lamb Fat (5%), Lamb Gravy (2%), Brown Rice (21%)… All ingredients

Label taken from the maker’s website
Meat
43%
Protein, dry weight
24%
Carbs, dry weight
~47%
kcal/100 g
333

Ingredients

Listed first: Lamb consisting. 43% of the recipe is declared meat.

50% Lamb consisting: Lamb (23%), Dried Lamb (20%), Lamb Fat (5%), Lamb Gravy (2%), Brown Rice (21%), Barley, Harvest Oats, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Salmon Oil, Sunflower Oil, Minerals, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Glucosamine (.017%), MSM (.017%), Chlondroitin (.01%), Prebiotic MOS, Prebiotic FOS, Mixed Herbs consisting: Thyme, Majoram, Sage, Basil, Parsley, Oregano

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.

Additives

Vitamin A (as Retinyl Acetate) 14,423iu/kg:, Vitamin D3 (as Cholecaliferol) 2,000iu/kg, Vitamin E (as Alphatoccopherol) 96mg/kg

How we read this label

First ingredient: “50% Lamb consisting:”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
50% Lamb consisting:Named meat50%
Lamb (23%)Named meatPart of the item above
Dried Lamb (20%)Named meatPart of the item above
Lamb Fat (5%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientPart of the item above
Lamb Gravy (2%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientPart of the item above
Brown Rice (21%)Grain21%
BarleyGrainNot given
Harvest OatsGrainNot given
Beet PulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
LinseedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Salmon OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Sunflower OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
MineralsOtherNot given
Yucca Schidigera ExtractFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Glucosamine (.017%)Other17%
MSM (.017%)Other17%
Chlondroitin (.01%)Other1%
Prebiotic MOSOtherNot given
Prebiotic FOSOtherNot given
Mixed Herbs consisting: ThymeVegetable, fruit or plantNot given

7% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 24% and carbs about 47%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein21.5%24%
below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat13%14%
Carbohydrate~42%~47%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre4.5%5%
Ash9%10%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%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.

Energy333 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 36

The kind of meat scored best (10.3 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.4 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    15.7 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label15.1 / 35 points

      43% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.6 / 10 points

      Protein is 23.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    4.4 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 46.7% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    10.3 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed10.3 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 86% 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

Top 32% of dry foods. 53 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 47% to 30% by dry weight, and protein is about 37%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

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Ingredient notes

4 noted, none cost points: marjoram, oregano, parsley and 1 more. 22 flagged nothing.

  • 4 noted
  • 22 nothing flagged
22 ingredients with nothing flagged

Animal fats, barley, basil, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chondroitin, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, lamb, linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), oats, rice, sage, salmon oil, sunflower oil, thyme, tocopherols (vitamin E)

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Natures Way. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Natures Way12kg · £52.9912kg£52.99£4.42/kgVisit

Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Natures Way12kg£52.99£4.42/kg
28 Sep 2026Natures Way12kg£52.99£4.42/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 21 to 24 points higher and cost up to 24% more.

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Carbs
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Carbs
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To feed
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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: Natures Way (the maker).

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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