Is Nature’s Variety Selected Dry Dog Food Good?
Nature’s Variety Selected Dry Dog Food is a second top tier pet food with a 4-star rating — around 10% of all the pet food we review fall in this tier.
They seem to be higher in protein and less in carbs, contain mainly named animal products as main ingredients, and a decent amount of meat. We recommend this!
What We like
- High Protein — over 35%!
- Lower in Carbs — Less than 34%
- No Potential Allergens like Corn, Soy, Gluten, and Dairy products
What We Concern
- Include Plant Protein in Top 5 ingredients
- Majority of Ingredients lead to our Concern
- Seems No Organic Minerals
- Seems No Probiotics to Aid Digestion
- Include Ingredients that might be Related to Poor Digestion
- Contain Ingredients that might be Uncertain
「Chief of Food」Fat Hill
Recipes Rating
Recipes could have different ingredients in the same product line. We rate each recipe and list them from higest to lowest ratings.
Recipe and 1st Ingredient
Rating
Grain Free
Nature's Variety Selected Dry Free Range Chicken For Puppies
1️⃣Deboned Chicken 🍚Carbs：28%Nature's Variety Selected Dry Norwegian Salmon For Adult Dogs
1️⃣Deboned Salmon 🍚Carbs：33%Tips
Recipes have different ratings. This means they might be designed a bit differently.
Recipe to review
To rate Nature’s Variety Selected Dry Dog Food, we will take one representative recipe to evaluate the nutrition, ingredients and meat content of this product line.
We have chosen Nature's Variety Selected Dry Free Range Chicken For Puppies.
Nutrition Label
Pet food show guaranteed analysis on their labels. It includes moisture and does not reflect the level of carbs — which we prefer lower for dogs and as low as possible for cats.
35%
20%
2.5%
?%
Calculate the dry value (no moisture) on a dry matter basis will help us to estimate the carbs level and other nutrition without water — so we can get a better idea about the ratio.
(We think the ideal nutrition profile would be Protein > Fat > Carbs)
| Nutrition | Our Ideal | Dry Value | Like? |
| Protein | 30% or more | 39% | |
| Fat | 15% or more | 22% | |
| Carbs | Less than 28% | 28% | |
| Fiber | Less than 5% | 2.8% |
Ingredients Overview
16 ingredients are listed on the label. We research their quality to pet and use our best judgement to group them in the proportion of Prefer, Concerned, and Notice ingredients in the bar chart.
Deboned Free Range Chicken
Animal ProteinDried Chicken Protein
Animal ProteinDried Peas
Carbs, Plant ProteinPoultry Fat
FatDried Chickpeas
Carbs, Plant ProteinDried Sweet Potato
CarbsProtein Hydrolysate
Animal ProteinPea Starch
Carbs, Plant ProteinDried Chicory Root
CarbsFish Oil
FatDried Carrot
CarbsDried Broccoli
CarbsDried Apple
CarbsMineral
SupplementDried Kelp
CarbsDried Rosemary
CarbsTips
We find 1 Concerned and 3 Notice ingredients from Nature's Variety Selected Dry Free Range Chicken For Puppies. Check from the above list to view the details.Concerned
- Pea Starch
Notice
- Poultry Fat
- Protein Hydrolysate
- Fish Oil
Estimated Meat Content
Some pet food uses high plant protein ingredients to boost up the overall protein level — to make it looks like it includes a lot of meat, which is more appealing for customers.
Therefore, protein level itself cannot tell the quality and how much animal ingredients (more digestible than plants) is in the pet food.
2 / 7 (29%)
in top 7 ingredients39%
in dry matterBy looking at the plant protein in top ingredients and compare with the total protein level, we will try to estimate how much animal ingredients is used in the pet food as Meat Content.
Meat Content
Based on my "godly" guess, the meat content might be Medium to high !
It looks like it contains a significant amount of meat and majority of the protein should come from animal sources. Your furbabies will like it like I do!
Nature’s Variety Selected Dry Dog Food Product Line Review
To make a conclusion about the whole product line, we will consider all recipes and their average nutrition ratio.
Recipes Average Compares to Ideal Level
In the total of 2 recipes, the group has an average of 37% protein, 21% fat and 31% carbohydrate.
（Protein and Fat: Prefer Higher丨Carbs: Prefer Lower）
- Protein is 7 (%) higher than ideal
- Fat is 6 (%) higher than ideal
- Carbs is 3 (%) higher than ideal
What does it mean?
Overall,Nature’s Variety Selected Dry Dog Food has an carbs level that is close to our preferred level.
Conclusion
Throughout the review, we have 3 major opinons about this pet food line:
- Quite attractive protein and/or carbs level
- Major ingredients from animals
- Medium to high level of meat content
Based on these, we can conclude Nature’s Variety Selected Dry Dog Food is a pet food line with a 4 star rating.
Do we recommend Nature’s Variety Selected Dry Dog Food ?
It is a good quality above average pet food that we recommend.
The review is entirely our own view and opinon. It is for informational reference only and not a purchase advice.
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