Naku North - Iberico Pork, Rice, Apple

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North - Iberico Pork, Rice, Apple
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Our verdict

Is Naku North - Iberico Pork, Rice, Apple a good dog food?

We score it 74/100 (Good). This reflects the ingredient quality, composition and label transparency of the recipe as declared on the label.

Complete air-dried food for dogs of all life stages, with pork, rice and apples as the main ingredients.

How we score

Why you might choose it

  • Scores 74, in the top quarter of dry foods we track.
  • Prints ingredient percentages on the label.
  • Prints a percentage for nearly every ingredient, so the recipe is fully auditable.

Why you might not

  • No analytical breakdown is published.

Who is this food for?

Suits

  • Labelled by the manufacturer for all lifestages
  • Single named protein: pork
  • Doesn't list chicken, beef, turkey, lamb, fish, venison, duck as ingredients

Consider something else if:

  • Your dog avoids grain: the label lists rice - white

These points are derived from declared ingredients and analysis, not a substitute for veterinary advice. If your dog has a diagnosed condition, food choice is a medical nutrition decision: speak to your vet. Find foods that fit your dog.

Nutrition and feeding

Typical analysis (as fed)

No analysis recorded yet.

Additives & feeding info

Feeding and storage

Feeding guide

Grams of Naku (dry) per day according to pet's weight and activity level. Low activity 1-5Kg: 15-60g, 6-15Kg: 60-150g, 16-25Kg: 150-210g, 26-35Kg: 210-270g, 36-50Kg: 270-350g, 51-70Kg: 350-500g. High activity 1-5Kg: 20-80g, 6-15Kg: 80-180g, 16-25Kg: 180-300g, 26-35Kg: 300-350g, 36-50Kg: 350-420g, 51-70Kg: 420-550g.

No additives recorded yet.

Ingredients (10)3% of the recipe is estimated

Estimated composition

  • meat 47.2%
  • carb 35.9%
  • veg 16.8%
#As declaredMatchedLabel readingDeclared %Est. %
1Iberico pork 46%Porkmeat · medium4646.0
2Rice 35%Rice - whitecarb · medium3535.0
3Apple 5%Applesveg · good55.0
4Pumpkin 3%Pumpkinveg · good33.0
5Cabbage 2%Cabbageveg · good22.0
6Spinach 2%Spinachveg · good22.0
7Banana 2%Bananaveg · good22.0
8Tomato 1%Tomatoveg · good11.0
9Green beans 1%Green Beansveg · good11.0
10Garlic 0.4%Garlicveg · medium0.40.4
  1. 1. Iberico pork 46%46% declared46.0% estimated
    Pork · meat · medium
  2. 2. Rice 35%35% declared35.0% estimated
    Rice - white · carb · medium
  3. 3. Apple 5%5% declared5.0% estimated
    Apples · veg · good
  4. 4. Pumpkin 3%3% declared3.0% estimated
    Pumpkin · veg · good
  5. 5. Cabbage 2%2% declared2.0% estimated
    Cabbage · veg · good
  6. 6. Spinach 2%2% declared2.0% estimated
    Spinach · veg · good
  7. 7. Banana 2%2% declared2.0% estimated
    Banana · veg · good
  8. 8. Tomato 1%1% declared1.0% estimated
    Tomato · veg · good
  9. 9. Green beans 1%1% declared1.0% estimated
    Green Beans · veg · good
  10. 10. Garlic 0.4%0.4% declared0.4% estimated
    Garlic · veg · medium

Trust and sourceNo recalls recorded in our database · checked 2026-09-02

Brand and contact: Naku
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Phone
01953 433 858
Contact page
naku.uk

Trust and provenance

Recall history
No recalls recorded in our database
Label data last checked
2026-09-02
Scored with
Model v3 (methodology)
Product page
naku.uk

Recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score. Dates are when we recorded the data, not when the manufacturer last changed the recipe.

External platform ratings are not scores for this individual recipe.

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Score details and methodologyCalculations, history and evidence

Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated

Why this score?

The overall score was 74 out of 100. The carbohydrate content contributed -7.7 points. The processing format contributed +6.3 points, the overall quality of the ingredient list contributed +4.8 points, and the meat content contributed +2.7 points.

Scored with model v3 on 2026-10-25. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.

ComponentInputCoefficientContribution
Base score-30.909+30.91
Average ingredient quality0.59.191+4.83
Meat share of dry matter27.9%0.096+2.68
Carb share of dry matter66.8%-0.115-7.68
Vegetable share of dry matter5.3%-0.005-0.03
Undeclared quantities2.6%-0.106-0.27
Processing multiplier1.0833.786+36.49
Processing: Dry Air Driedyes6.331+6.33
Show all 40 components
ComponentInputCoefficientContribution
Base score-30.909+30.91
Average ingredient quality0.59.191+4.83
Meat share of dry matter27.9%0.096+2.68
Carb share of dry matter66.8%-0.115-7.68
Oil share of dry matter0.0%-0.092+0.00
Vegetable share of dry matter5.3%-0.005-0.03
Additive share of dry matter0.0%0.163+0.00
Supplement share of dry matter0.0%-0.012+0.00
Other share of dry matter0.0%-0.375+0.00
Unrecognised share of dry matter0.0%-0.027+0.00
Recipe graded poor0.0%-0.065+0.00
Poor-quality meat in recipe0.0%-0.179+0.00
Number of poor ingredients0-0.876+0.00
Largest single poor ingredient0.0%0.060+0.00
Undeclared quantities2.6%-0.106-0.27
Prints ingredient percentagesno0.000+0.00
Complete dietno2.294+0.00
Frozen or chilled freshno0.000+0.00
High meat (30%+ of dry matter)no0.707+0.00
Low meat (under 10% of dry matter)no-3.158+0.00
High carb and low meatno-1.180+0.00
Meat share × printed percentages0.00.000+0.00
Meat share × fresh0.00.000+0.00
Fresh × high meat0.011.084+0.00
Additive penalty0.000.222+0.00
Processing multiplier1.0833.786+36.49
Processing: Rawno-0.054+0.00
Processing: Fresh Chilledno-2.354+0.00
Processing: Fresh Frozenno-2.354+0.00
Processing: Fresh Refrigeratedno0.000+0.00
Processing: Fresh Shelfno-0.672+0.00
Processing: Dry Freeze Driedno6.629+0.00
Processing: Dry Air Driedyes6.331+6.33
Processing: Dry Cold Pressedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Bakedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Extrudedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Semi Moistno-6.174+0.00
Processing: Dry Mueslino-10.146+0.00
Processing: Wet Pateno-0.672+0.00
Processing: Wet Chunksno-0.672+0.00
Processing-type offset
+0.28
Subtotal
73.5
Final score
74/100

Contributions are rounded to two decimals, so they may not sum exactly to the subtotal. The full coefficient table is published on the methodology page.

Score history across model versions

The score shown above is always computed with the latest published model. Earlier scores are kept for the record and are never edited or deleted; a scoring change ships as a new model version with a public write-up on the methodology page.

ModelScore
v374/100current
v280/100
v178/100
Nutritional: declared analysis vs reference ranges

Analytical constituents not declared

No nutritional additives section declared on the label.

Transparency: what the label discloses

How much the manufacturer discloses, measured against the FEDIAF Code of Good Labelling Practice and Regulation 767/2009. Mandatory items dominate the weighting.

ItemPoints
✓ Ingredient list on the label (mandatory)10/10
✓ Printed percentages on the label (97.4% of the recipe mass) (voluntary)19.5/20
✗ Analytical constituents declared (mandatory) - not on file0/15
✗ Additives declared (mandatory) - not on file0/10
✗ Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file0/5
✓ Complete/complementary designation (mandatory)5/5
✓ Feeding guidance given (mandatory)10/10
✓ Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory)5/10
✓ Country of manufacture stated (voluntary)10/10
✗ Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file0/5

Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (Analytical constituents declared, Additives declared, Batch and date labelling).

Safety: recall history

Recall and safety-notice history, time-decayed. This dimension is shown alongside the score and never feeds the headline number.

No recalls recorded in our database.

See all current recalls we track.

Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it

The claims made on the pack and product page, checked against the declared label. We record claims as stated; "consistent" means our stored label data supports the claim, "contradicted" means it conflicts with it. Functional claims are recorded but never scored.

100/100 · moderate — 1 checkable claim: 1 consistent, 0 contradicted.

Consistent with the label

  • "Complete and natural food for adult dogs of all breeds and ages" — supported by the declared complete and balanced data.

5 further claims on file that we cannot check against the label.

Moderate: every checkable claim is consistent with the declared label.

ClaimTypeCheckSubstantiation
No preservatives or artificial colourants (on page)Free-fromnot checkableManufacturer assertion
high moisture content helps to prevent renal diseases (on page)Functionalnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Complete and natural food for adult dogs of all breeds and ages (on page)ContentconsistentManufacturer assertion
with all the flavour of Iberico pork and a higher energy content (on page)High/low levelnot checkableManufacturer assertion
No animal by-products (on page)Free-fromnot checkableManufacturer assertion
No added vegetable proteins (on page)Free-fromnot checkableManufacturer assertion

The full scoring method is published. See the methodology for exactly how the headline score and each dimension are calculated.

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