Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Lamb vs The Innocent Hound Air-Dried Food - From The Coast
How the two products stack up on rating, ingredients, analysis and price.
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Both are rated at essentially the same level: Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Lamb scores 93 and The Innocent Hound Air-Dried Food - From The Coast scores 93 out of 100. Prices are not on file for Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Lamb, so we cannot compare cost.
| Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Lamb | The Innocent Hound Air-Dried Food - From The Coast | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Nature's Variety | The Innocent Hound |
| Rating (Recipe) | 93Good | 93Good |
| Type | Dry Freeze Dried | Dry Air Dried |
| Kind / completeness | complete | complete |
| Lifestage | Adult | All lifestages |
| Meat share (dry matter) | 78% | 80% |
| Poor ingredients | 0 | 0 |
| Clear label | yes | yes |
| Protein (as fed) | 38% | 39% |
| Fat (as fed) | 36% | 20% |
| Fibre (as fed) | 5% | 2% |
| Ash (as fed) | 7% | 8% |
| Moisture (as fed) | 6% | 16% |
| Energy | - | - |
| Additives | 6 nutritional | 5 nutritional, 3 technological |
| Recall history | None recorded in our database | None recorded in our database |
| Declared quantities | Deboned Lamb 35.0%, Lamb Lung 35.0%, Lamb Heart 5.0%, Lambs Liver 5.0%, Carrots 5.0%, Apples 5.0%, Pea Fibre 1.3%, Butternut Squash 1.0%, Sweet Potatoes 1.0%, Vitamins and minerals 1.0%, Cranberries 0.5%, Blackberries 0.5% (5% undeclared) | Salmon 85.0%, Salmon Oil 2.0%, Kelp 1.0%, Spinach 1.0%, Honey 0.5%, Dill 0.5%, Psyllium fibre 0.5% (10% undeclared) |
| First ingredient | Deboned Lamb · meat good | Salmon · meat good |
| Ingredient count | 24 | 9 |
| Badges | CompleteHigh meatClear labelFull label | CompleteHigh meatClear label |
Lifestage comes from the manufacturer's own labelling. Dry-matter figures are estimates from the published label; recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score.
Shared ingredients
The two recipes share 1 matched ingredient. Tier badges show each ingredient's glossary grade.
In both
Sweet Potatoes goodOnly in Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Lamb
Deboned Lamb goodLamb Lung mediumLamb Heart goodLambs Liver goodCarrots goodApples goodPea Fibre mediumButternut Squash goodVitamins and minerals mediumCranberries goodBlackberries goodLinseed goodChicory root goodKale goodPeppermint goodCoconut Oil mediumBeet Pulp mediumGreen Tea goodYucca Schidigera goodRosemary goodParsley goodDandelion Root goodHawthorn mediumOnly in The Innocent Hound Air-Dried Food - From The Coast
Salmon goodSalmon Oil goodKelp goodSpinach goodHoney mediumDill goodPsyllium fibre goodParsnips goodIf neither suits
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Frequently asked questions
Which has the higher rating, Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Lamb or The Innocent Hound Air-Dried Food - From The Coast?
They are rated at essentially the same level: 93 and 93 out of 100. A gap this small is within the tolerance of the scoring model.
How are these ratings calculated?
Open Dog Food parses each published ingredient list, estimates missing quantities, converts every ingredient to its dry-matter share and scores the recipe from 1 to 100. The full method is on the methodology page.