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Nature’s Variety · freeze-dried

Nature’s Variety Nature’s Variety Freeze-Dried Complete Mini review

A solid, honest freeze-dried food. 40% declared meat content is respectable. The breakdown below shows exactly where every point went.

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ODF Score 76/100 Good
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Top 45%scores higher than 55% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
40%declared meat content
Spainbrand origin

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 75/100 across 21 ingredients (declared percentages used for 9, position estimates for the rest).
29.8 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 15% of the recipe (+0.9); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
9.9 / 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 40%.
13 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 6% dry matter (low); fat 34.0% DM is high (obesity/pancreatitis watch) (-2.0); fibre 6.4% DM (+1.1); ash 11.7% DM - unusually high mineral/bone load; functional extras: omega-3 source, named botanicals (+2).
5.1 / 10
Processing
Freeze-dried - gentle preservation, though freeze-drying alone does not kill bacteria, so handle as raw.
8 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
76 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 76 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 29.8 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 10 of 10.

The label declares 40% 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.

Ingredients

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

Meat & fish

Chicken: Chicken*of which 40% meatheart 30%liver 10%

Fruit & veg

carrots* 5%apple* 5%pea fibres* 1.25%butternut squash* 1%sweet potato* 1%cranberries* 0.5%blackberries* 0.5%kale*beet pulp*

Oils & fats

coconut oil*

Supplements & extras

minerals 1%linseeds*chicory root*peppermint*green tea*yucca*rosemary*parsley*dandelion root*hawthorn leaves*. *Natural ingredients
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (1000 IU), vitamin D3 (100 IU), vitamin E (14mg), iron [ferrous-(II)-sulphate monohydrate] (20mg), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (0.26mg), copper [cupric-(II)-sulphate pentahydrate] (7.2mg), zinc [zinc sulphate monohydrate] (50.1mg), selenised yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae [CNCM I-3060] inactivated (8.6mg).

Nutrition

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

Protein

41.5 % DM
Directory average: 43.3

Fat

34 % DM
Directory average: 34.6

Est. carbs

6.4 % DM
Directory average: 10.3

Fibre

6.4 % DM
Directory average: 3.7

Ash

11.7 % DM
Directory average: 8.3

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

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