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Natures Deli Grain Free Puppy/Junior review

DryPuppyGrain freeHypoallergenicNaturalJoint careAllergiesDigestion
Good

A solid, honest dry food. 35.2% declared meat content is respectable, and the label tells you exactly what is inside. Feeding it costs about £1.52 a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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Top 36%scores higher than 64% of rated foodsacross all 3530 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£1.52 approx.per day for a 15 kg dogcheaper than 8% of dry foods
35.2%declared meat content

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 72/100 across 23 ingredients (declared percentages used for 11, position estimates for the rest).
28.9 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 74% of the recipe (+4.5); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
13.5 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 35.2%.
12 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 38% dry matter (moderate); fat 17.4% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 3.8% DM (+2); ash 10.3% DM - sensible mineral load (+0.4); functional extras: named botanicals, joint support, pre/probiotics (+2).
7.2 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.0 · scored July 28, 2026 · full methodology public
78 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 78 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 28.9 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 10 of 10.

The label declares 35.2% meat, which is a real number, which already puts it ahead of the many that print none, and the ingredient list names things individually rather than hiding them in catch-all categories.

At about £1.52 a day to feed a 15kg dog, the question is not whether it is cheap but whether the label justifies the price - and on our scoring, it broadly does.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

Duck 35.2%Duck Meal 22.2%Duck Gravy 1.9%

Fruit & veg

Dried Sweet Potato 28%Pea ProteinDried Peas 5.6%Dried Beet PulpDried Chick Peas 2.8%Dried Pumpkin 1.9%Dried Carrot 0.5%Dried CranberryDried Pomegranate

Oils & fats

Duck FatLinseed Oil

Supplements & extras

Brewers YeastMineralsVegetable StockYeast 0.23%Chicory Root Extract 0.23%Dried GingerDried RosemaryYucca Schidigera 0.02%Glucosamine 0.01%Dried Dandelion RootChondroitin Sulphate 0.01%
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label

Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
2 kg£14.99£7.50

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 15 kg adult dog needs about 203 g a day = £1.52 / day, £46.21 / month.

How we work this out
  1. Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 15 kg dog works out near 725 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 357 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £7.50 / kg, for the daily cost, then by 30.4 days for the month.

Estimates scale to your dog's weight and the food's calorie density - a denser food needs fewer grams. A rough guide; always follow the pack. This is a puppy food, but the figures above are for an adult dog at maintenance - the same reference we use on every food so costs stay comparable. A growing puppy needs roughly twice the energy for its weight, so feed to the pack, not to this. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

30.4 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

17.4 % DM
Directory average: 14.9

Est. carbs

38 % DM
Directory average: 45.1

Fibre

3.8 % DM
Directory average: 3.7

Ash

10.3 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Moisture isn't declared on this label - dry-matter figures assume 8% (typical for a dry food) and are marked estimated.

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

Similar foods that score higher

Same type and life stage, better ODF Score, comparable price per day.

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