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Natures Way Puppy & Small Dog Recipe
DryCompletePuppyContains grainFish oil
Good points
- 56% meat
- One main animal protein: chicken
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: 59% Chicken consisting: Chicken (21%), Dried Chicken (32%), Chicken Fat (3%), Chicken Liver (2.5%), Brown Rice (21%)… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 56%
- Protein, dry weight
- 38%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~36%
- kcal/100 g
- 350
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken consisting. 56% of the recipe is declared meat.
59% Chicken consisting: Chicken (21%), Dried Chicken (32%), Chicken Fat (3%), Chicken Liver (2.5%), Brown Rice (21%), Potato Protein, Harvest Oats, Barley, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Minerals, Vitamins, Salmon Oil, Sunflower Oil, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Glucosamine (.015%), MSM (.015%), 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) 96iu/kg
How we read this label
First ingredient: “59% Chicken consisting:”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| 59% Chicken consisting: | Named meat | 59% |
| Chicken (21%) | Named meat | Part of the item above |
| Dried Chicken (32%) | Named meat | Part of the item above |
| Chicken Fat (3%) | 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 (21%) | Grain | 21% |
| Potato Protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Harvest Oats | Grain | Not given |
| Barley | Grain | Not given |
| Beet Pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Vitamins | Other | Not given |
| Salmon Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Sunflower Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Yucca Schidigera Extract | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Glucosamine (.015%) | Other | 15% |
| MSM (.015%) | Other | 15% |
| Chlondroitin (.01%) | Other | 1% |
| Prebiotic MOS | Other | Not given |
3% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.
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Nutrition
Protein 38% and carbs about 36%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 34% | 38% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 14% | 16% |
| Carbohydrate | ~32% | ~36% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3% | 3.3% |
| 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.
Energy350 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 48
The kind of meat scored best (12.9 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).
How much meat?
22.6 / 45 points- Meat on the label19.6 / 35 points
56% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level3 / 10 points
Protein is 37.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
8.1 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 35.6% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.
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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 36% to 20% by dry weight, and protein is about 41%.
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
4 noted, none cost points: marjoram, oregano, parsley and 1 more. 24 flagged nothing.
- 4 noted
- 24 nothing flagged
- MarjoramNoted, no points takenBotanical / flavouring
Why it’s noted and sources
Can upset a dog's stomach in larger amounts; at the small amounts used as a flavouring, EU assessors found it very unlikely to cause harm.
- OreganoNoted, no points takenFeed material (herb)
Why it’s noted and sources
Can mildly upset a dog's stomach in larger amounts; used in small amounts as a flavouring.
- ParsleyNoted, no points takenFeed material (vegetable)
Why it’s noted and sources
Only large amounts cause problems (sun sensitivity); the small amounts used in food aren't a concern.
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
24 ingredients with nothing flagged
Barley, basil, beet pulp, chicken, chondroitin, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, linseed (flaxseed), liver (animal organ), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), oats, poultry fat, rice, sage, salmon oil, sunflower oil, thyme, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts, vitamins
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)Barley, basil, beet pulp, chicken, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), linseed (flaxseed), liver (animal organ), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, oats, poultry fat, rice, salmon oil, sunflower oil, thyme, vegetable protein extracts
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Barley, basil, chondroitin, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, liver (animal organ), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), poultry fat, sunflower oil, thyme, vegetable protein extracts, vitamins, vitamin A (retinyl acetate)
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlSage
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlThyme
- 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 · £65.99 | 12kg | £65.99 | £5.50/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 | £65.99 | £5.50/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Natures Way | 12kg | £65.99 | £5.50/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
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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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