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Natures Protection · dry

Nature’s Protection Superior Care Active Sport review

A solid, honest dry food. 41% declared meat content is respectable. Feeding it costs about 94p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 75/100 Good
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Top 47%scores higher than 53% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.94 approx.per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 18% of dry foods
41%declared meat content
Lithuaniabrand origin

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 63/100 across 19 ingredients (declared percentages used for 2, position estimates for the rest).
25.1 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 42% of the recipe (+2.5); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
11.5 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Meat content ~98.4% fresh-equivalent (added up from every named meat on the label; dried meats counted at their fresh weight).
15 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 49% dry matter (high); fat 14.1% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 2.5% DM (+2); ash 7.1% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: omega-3 source, pre/probiotics, joint support, named botanicals (+2).
6.9 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
75 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 75 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 25.1 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15.

The label declares 41% meat, which is a real number, which already puts it ahead of the many that print none, and the ingredient list is only partly specific.

At about 94p a day to feed a 10kg 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

Poultry Meat 41%Krill Meal minimum 4%Fish Meal

Carbs & grains

RiceMaizeMaize Gluten

Fruit & veg

Sugar Beet PulpPeas

Oils & fats

Poultry Fat

Supplements & extras

LinseedDynamic Micronized Clinoptilolite 1%Dried EggsChicory ExtractFructooligosaccharidesMannan-OligosaccharidesYucca ExtractGlucosamine 250 mg/kgMarigold MealChondroitin Sulphate 100 mg/kg
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Vitamin a 3a672a 18000 IU, Vitamin D3 3a671 1500 IU, Vitamin E 3a700 530 mg, Iron II Sulphate Monohydrate 3b103 50 mg, Calcium Iodate Anhydrous 3b202 1.5 mg, Copper II Sulphate Pentahydrate 3b405 5 mg, Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate 3b503 20 mg, Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate 3b605 115 mg, Sodium Selenite 3b801 0.1 mg, Taurine 3a370 250 mg. Rosemary Extract , Tocopherol Extracts from Vegetable Oils (1b306i).

Feeding & cost

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

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
12 kg£75.00£6.25

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 150 g a day = £0.94 / day, £28.58 / 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 10 kg dog works out near 534 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 356 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £6.25 / 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. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

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

Protein

27.2 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

14.1 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

49.1 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

2.5 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

7.1 % 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.

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