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Natures Menu Original Pouches Chicken with Vegetables
WetCompleteAdultContains grain
Good points
- 60% meat
- Low starch, about 7% carbs
- One animal protein: chicken
First ingredients: Chicken (60%), peas (4%), carrots (4%), rice (2%), minerals All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 60%
- Protein, dry weight
- 51%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~7%
- kcal/100 g
- 91
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken. 60% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 60%
- Grain 2%
- Plants 8%
- No amount given 30%
Chicken (60%), peas (4%), carrots (4%), rice (2%), minerals
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin D3 (200 IU), vitamin E (20mg), zinc sulphate monohydrate (25mg), manganese sulphate monohydrate (1.4mg), calcium iodate (0.75mg), iodine [as calcium iodate] (0.75mg), copper-(II)-sulphate pentahydrate (1mg).
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Chicken”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken (60%) | Named meat | 60% |
| peas (4%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4% |
| carrots (4%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4% |
| rice (2%) | Grain | 2% |
| minerals. | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 51% and carbs about 7%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 10.2% | 51% |
| above the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 5.3% | 27% |
| Carbohydrate | ~1.4% | ~7% |
| below the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.5% | 2.5% |
| Ash | 2.6% | 13% |
| Moisture | 80% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the wet foods we rate.
Energy91 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 63
Starch scored best (17.7 of 20). How it’s made scored lowest (8 of 20).
How much meat?
26.2 / 45 points- Meat on the label21 / 35 points
60% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level5.2 / 10 points
Protein is 51% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
17.7 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 7% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
8 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cooked in the tin, tray or pouch: 8 of 20.
What kind of meat?
12 / 15 points- How the meat is listed12 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, which earns 100% 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 wet 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 →Ingredient notes
Nothing flagged in 11 ingredients.
11 ingredients with nothing flagged
Carrot, chicken, minerals, peas, rice, tocopherols (vitamin E)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, manganese, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
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)Carrot, chicken, minerals, peas, rice
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Manganese, zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- EFSA J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Down 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Sold in multipacks. Prices are for the whole pack.
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 11%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 8 x 300g | £17.09 | £7.12/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Saver Pack: 16 x 300g | £28.69 | £5.98/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 8 x 300g | £16.89 | £7.04/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Saver Pack: 16 x 300g | £28.69 | £5.98/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 8 x 300g | £16.89 | £7.04/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Saver Pack: 16 x 300g | £32.29 | £6.73/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
Matches the maker’s own page.
Checked against the maker. The ingredient list matches the one on the manufacturer’s own product page.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.
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