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Natures Way Light Mature Recipe
Good points
- One main animal protein: chicken
- No ingredient deductions
- Includes organ meat
Worth knowing
- About 52% carbs (dry weight)
First ingredients: 38% Chicken consisting: Chicken (12%), Dried Chicken (20%), Chicken Fat (3.5%), Chicken Liver (2.5%), Brown Rice (20%)… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 34.5%
- Protein, dry weight
- 25%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~52%
- kcal/100 g
- 327
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken consisting. 34.5% of the recipe is declared meat.
38% Chicken consisting: Chicken (12%), Dried Chicken (20%), Chicken Fat (3.5%), Chicken Liver (2.5%), Brown Rice (20%), Potato, Harvest Oats, Beet Pulp, Brewer's Yeast, Salmon Oil
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) 475mg/kg
How we read this label
First ingredient: “38% Chicken consisting:”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| 38% Chicken consisting: | Named meat | 38% |
| Chicken (12%) | Named meat | Part of the item above |
| Dried Chicken (20%) | Named meat | Part of the item above |
| Chicken Fat (3.5%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Part of the item above |
| Chicken Liver (2.5%) | Named meat | Part of the item above |
| Brown Rice (20%) | Grain | 20% |
| Potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Harvest Oats | Grain | Not given |
| Beet Pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Brewer's Yeast | Other | Not given |
| Salmon Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
3.5% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.
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Nutrition
Protein 25% and carbs about 52%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 22.5% | 25% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 10% | 11% |
| Carbohydrate | ~47% | ~52% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 4% | 4.4% |
| Ash | 7% | 7.8% |
| 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.
Why it scores 34
The kind of meat scored best (12.9 of 15). Starch scored lowest (2.8 of 20).
How much meat?
12.9 / 45 points- Meat on the label12.1 / 35 points
34.5% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.8 / 10 points
Protein is 25% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
2.8 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 51.7% 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?
12.9 / 15 points- How the meat is listed9.9 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 83% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat3 / 3 points
Organ meat such as liver, heart, kidney or tripe is 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 Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 52% to 32% by dry weight, and protein is about 34%.
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 12 ingredients.
12 ingredients with nothing flagged
Beet pulp, chicken, liver (animal organ), oats, potato, poultry fat, rice, salmon oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast
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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Beet pulp, chicken, liver (animal organ), oats, potato, poultry fat, rice, salmon oil, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Liver (animal organ), poultry fat, yeast, vitamin A (retinyl acetate)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
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
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natures Way12kg · £52.99 | 12kg | £52.99 | £4.42/kg | Visit |
Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Natures Way | 12kg | £52.99 | £4.42/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Natures Way | 12kg | £52.99 | £4.42/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
4 dry foods score 12 to 26 points higher and cost up to 10% more.

- Meat
- 78% this food 34.5%
- Carbs
- about 8% this food about 52%
- To feed
- 8% less per 1,000 kcal
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- Meat
- 72% this food 34.5%
- Carbs
- about 41% this food about 52%
- To feed
- 7% less per 1,000 kcal
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- Meat
- 55% this food 34.5%
- Carbs
- about 34% this food about 52%
- To feed
- 10% less per 1,000 kcal
+12 pointsCompare

- Meat
- 43.5% this food 34.5%
- Price
- 10% more per kg
+12 pointsCompare
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).
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