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Product review - Natures Menu Cat and Dog Food

If your one of the many pet owners who consider your dog or cat to be a real member of the family or, dare I even say it, a replacement child (and that's what the pet food industry says that we're doing - treating our pets like little people!) then there's a tendency to think that food-wise they ought to be getting something akin to home cooking.

And that's where Natures Menu and one or two other brands step in and say 'Take a look at our ingredients and range and give us a try!'

Couple of things though - These are not cheap foods by any means. If you've a cat or toy breed dog then you probably won't feel the strain on your purse quite so badly as a labrador owner! One way of using these types of food is alongside a dry complete food, as a complementary food, and that way they don't seem so expensive and you can still give your pet a treat.

Secondly, you'll see that the cat food does include sugar. Sugars are seemingly added to cat foods to make them more palatable. Whether this is strictly necessary I do not know but it seems a shame, as I don't think we would naturally feed sugar to a cat given the choice, despite Natures Menus stating 'Feeding as Nature intended!'.

So let's have a look what's on offer:

Dog Food

There's currently a range of seven pouch varieties for dogs:

Junior for Dogs | Chicken with Lamb & Rice
Chicken, Rabbit & Duck with Rice & Vegetables
Chicken with Vegetables
Beef & Tripe with Vegetables & Rice
Turkey & Chicken with Vegetables & Rice
Light for Dogs | Chicken & Rabbit with Vegetables & Rice
Senior for Dogs | Lamb with Vegetables & Rice
Mulitpack Natures Menu Pouches for Dogs -8 pouches, 2 of each variety

According to the manufacturer they contain the correct balance of vitamins and minerals to help maintain a healthy active life. Made with 60% real meat each pouch of dog food is free from wheat gluten, maize, barley, rye, oats, dairy products and all artificial colours, flavours or preservatives.

Typical Ingredients:

Chicken min 20% turkey min 40% with rice peas 4%, carrots 4% rice min 8%, vitamin A, vitamin D3, tocopherol

Typical Analysis: Protein 10%, oil 7%, fibre 2.5%, ash 1%, moisture 75%, vitamin A (250iu/kg), vitamin D3 (200iu/kg), tocopherol (16MG/KG)

Cost:

You can expect to pay around 87p a pouch - check out Pet Supermarket.

Cat Food

There's currently a range of four pouch varieties for cats:

Chicken & Turkey 100g pouches
Chicken, Salmon & tuna 100g pouches
Natural kitten food pouches | Chicken 100g pouches
Beef and heart 100g pouches

Typical ingredients:

Chicken min 20% turkey min 40% with rice peas 4%, carrots 4% rice min 8%, vitamin A, vitamin D3, tocopherol

Typical Analysis:

Protein 10%, oil 7%, fibre 2.5%, ash 1%, moisture 75%, vitamin A (250iu/kg), vitamin D3 (200iu/kg), tocopherol (16MG/KG)

Cost - around 46p a pouch discounted at Pet Supermarket