"natural preference" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a personal inclination that someone may have for certain things, without any external influences. For example, "I have a natural preference for sweet things over salty ones."
"This might show a natural preference.
The counter-clockwise direction of American tracks favoured Mr Antley's natural preference for his left hand.
And it, too, serves as a useful caution against the natural preference for tidy stories with well-defined heroes.
Imagine trying to explain to a child that some people enjoy pain during sex, and that it's a perfectly natural preference… that his parents share.
Among mariners there is still a natural preference for the reassurance of visual navigation, and lighted marks also have the advantages of simplicity, reliability, and low cost.
EU membership might thus be established in the minds of this audience as a proxy for security and continuity – the natural preference of the sensible majority, as reinforced by every institution that carried cultural authority; the experts would be heeded.
Somehow, certain effective trainers recreate enough natural preferences for racing success despite this restrictive stabling.
The contemporary racetrack-stabling scenario significantly displaces the horse from its natural preferences.
A prudent horseman could begin with the essential topic of stabling: how do we move forward to best recreate the natural preferences and tendencies of stabled racehorses?
It's all very well-meaning but it has the cumulative effect of telling the child that their natural preferences for how they spend their time are not valid.
Notably, natural preferences in male O. nubilalis also vary, and male pheromone response at higher concentrations extends beyond the ratios produced by females [ 9].
