Natures Deli Pet Food Wholesome and Natural Nutrition Explored
Every dog owner wants to provide their furry companion with the best possible diet. The food you put in their bowl directly influences their overall health, daily energy levels, and long-term happiness.
Natures Deli understands that dogs thrive on a diet that closely reflects what nature intended. They have created a fantastic range of premium dog food and treats that prioritise high-quality, natural ingredients.
Whether you have a lively new puppy, a highly active adult dog, or a senior companion enjoying a quieter life, this brand offers a perfectly balanced meal to suit their specific needs. Available to order directly from Pets and Friends, this wholesome range provides your dog with all the essential nutrients they require to live a healthy and active life alongside you.
The importance of natural ingredients
A truly healthy diet starts with the very best ingredients. Natures Deli takes immense pride in crafting recipes that are completely free from artificial colours, artificial flavours, and harsh chemical preservatives.
Instead of using cheap fillers to bulk out their bags, they focus on using premium cuts of real meat. With delicious protein sources like turkey, duck, lamb, chicken, and salmon, these recipes provide the vital amino acids your dog needs for strong muscles and a robust immune system.
By combining these high-quality meats with wholesome carbohydrates and essential vitamins, they guarantee a highly nutritious, well-balanced meal your dog will absolutely love.
Grain free options for sensitive stomachs
Many dogs suffer from dietary intolerances and sensitive stomachs. Common grains like wheat and corn can often trigger allergic reactions, leading to itchy skin, a dull coat, and uncomfortable digestive issues.
Nature's Deli offers a brilliant solution with their extensive grain-free range. Recipes such as the grain-free duck and sweet potato replace traditional cereals with highly digestible alternatives.
Sweet potato is a fantastic complex carbohydrate that provides a slow and steady release of energy throughout the day. It is also packed with natural dietary fibre, which helps promote a healthy gut environment and ensures your dog produces firm, manageable stools.
Tailored meals for growing puppies
The first year of your dog's life is absolutely crucial for their physical and mental development. A growing puppy requires a completely different nutritional profile from that of a mature adult dog.
The puppy and junior recipes from Nature's Deli are specifically formulated to give your young dog the very best start in life. Packed with high-quality protein to support rapid muscle growth, these meals also contain the perfect balance of calcium and phosphorus for strong bone development.
The highly digestible ingredients ensure that your puppy absorbs all the vital nutrients they need to grow into a strong, healthy, and confident adult dog.
Catering to large and small breeds
Dogs come in all shapes and sizes, and their nutritional needs vary wildly depending on their breed. A tiny terrier cannot comfortably eat the same food as a giant mastiff. Natures Deli provides tailored solutions with its breed-specific recipe sizes.
The adult small-breed turkey and rice features a much smaller kibble size, making it incredibly easy for tiny mouths to pick up and chew. Conversely, the adult large-breed turkey and rice offers a larger, chunkier biscuit that encourages big dogs to chew their food rather than swallow it whole.
The large-breed formula also includes targeted joint-care supplements to support their heavier frames.
Supporting your dog in their senior years
As your dog reaches their golden years, their metabolism naturally begins to slow down, and their daily activity levels often decrease. Feeding a senior dog a standard adult diet can quickly lead to unwanted weight gain.
Nature's Deli offers dedicated senior recipes, including a turkey-and-rice option and a grain-free duck-and-sweet-potato option. These meals contain fewer calories to help your older dog maintain a healthy body weight. They are also highly digestible and enriched with essential joint-care ingredients such as glucosamine and chondroitin. This targeted support helps to soothe ageing joints, keeping your senior companion comfortable and mobile for as long as possible.
Weight management with light recipes
Keeping your dog at a healthy weight is one of the best things you can do for their long-term health. Carrying extra pounds puts unnecessary strain on the heart and joints. If your dog needs to lose a little bit of weight, the adult light turkey and rice recipe provides the perfect dietary solution.
This highly satisfying meal is packed with lean turkey protein to maintain muscle mass but contains significantly less fat than standard adult food. It is also rich in natural fibre, which helps your dog feel full and satisfied after their meal, preventing them from begging for extra treats throughout the day.
Delicious treats for training and rewarding
Rewarding your dog is a vital part of training and building a strong bond, but many commercial treats are filled with sugar and artificial junk. Natures Deli creates a wonderful variety of healthy treats that complement their main meals perfectly.
Their adult training treats are small, highly palatable, and perfect for positive reinforcement during obedience sessions. For a longer-lasting reward, they offer crunchy biscuits in flavours like salmon, lamb, and chicken with sweet potato.
These crunchy textures are brilliant for scraping away soft plaque and supporting good dental hygiene. They also offer grain-free soft-baked biscuits for dogs with sensitive teeth or delicate tummies.
A highly cost effective premium diet
You might assume that feeding a premium, natural diet will be incredibly expensive. However, investing in high-quality nutrition is actually very cost-effective.
Because every single biscuit is densely packed with real meat and essential nutrients, you need to feed your dog much less per day compared to a cheaper supermarket brand filled with empty carbohydrates.
A large bag of Nature's Deli will last significantly longer, meaning you buy food less often. When you calculate the actual cost per bowl, you will find that feeding a wholesome and natural diet offers fantastic value for money while dramatically improving your pet's health.
How to safely transition to a new food
When you decide to upgrade your dog to a higher-quality natural diet, it is very important to make the change slowly. A sudden swap can easily upset the natural balance of bacteria in the digestive system. We highly recommend a transition period of around seven days.
On the first day, simply mix a small handful of the new kibble into their current meal. Over the course of the week, gradually increase the proportion of the new food while decreasing the proportion of the old food.
By taking your time, your dog will adjust comfortably to their delicious new diet without any messy digestive issues.
Shop the full collection online today
Finding the perfect nutrition for your dog should be a simple and stress-free experience. At Pets and Friends, we stock a comprehensive range of Natures Deli products to suit every type of dog. You can browse the full selection of dry kibble, life stage recipes, and natural treats directly on our website.
We offer fast, secure delivery to bring these heavy bags straight to your front door, saving you the hassle of carrying them from a physical store. You can even set up a regular subscription to ensure you never run out of food, saving you 5% on every single order.
Who Are We - More About Pets & Friends?
We are not just a simple online pet food and pet product retailer. Oh no, there is way more to us than that.
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Find Expert Pet Advice at Your Local Pets & Friends Shop
While we love seeing you online, you can also pop into one of our nearly 20 Pets & Friends physical shops around the UK for a proper look around.
With a retail heritage dating back to 1974, we have shops across the Midlands, in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and South Yorkshire.
Our local pet shops are also packed with all the goodies you see here and more.
Plus, our friendly team is always on hand for a chat, and you can use our free weighing scales or book your dog in for a groom at many of our locations.
Who Are Pets & Friends?
Pets & Friends is also more than just a pet shop; we're a community of pet lovers, backed by the experience of our parent company, Pet Store Retail, a family-run business that's been around for donkey's years.
Our whole approach is actually built on providing you with friendly, down-to-earth advice to help you give your pet the best life possible.
Furthermore, we believe that every pet is a friend, and as their owner, you're a friend of ours too. We're passionate about what we do, and we're here to help you every step of the way.
Here to Help, However You Shop
So, whether you're shopping with us online or visiting a store, our customer service team is always ready to lend a hand.
Online, you can easily track your delivery or get in touch about returns.
In-store, our expert team can offer brilliant, practical guidance on everything from finding the right food for a sensitive tummy to fitting your dog with the perfect harness. Feel free to consult our team any time – no question is too silly.
That’s why we’ve put together a huge selection of high-quality dry dog food, making it easy for you to choose the perfect bag of kibble that your dog will love, and that will love them back.
We're also properly trained and genuinely love pets, so no question is too silly. So much so that we are committed to making sure you and your pet have a happy experience with us every single time.
