Essential Foods

Essential Foods Essential Eternal Living review

Name: Essential Foods Essential Eternal Living
Brand: Essential Foods

53.6/100Good

DryAdult

A meat-free adult kibble in which egg is the only animal protein, and it lands in our Good band. Brown rice protein leads, legumes fill in behind, and taurine is printed with a dose. For a household feeding without meat it is a properly built recipe.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Households feeding without meat: egg is the only animal on the list
Dogs that have reacted to several named meats
Owners who want taurine printed with a figure, here 1,428 mg
Large-breed owners watching minerals, with calcium at 0.98% of dry matter
Adult dogs from toy to giant

Worth watching

Grain at the head of the recipe, unlike the rest of the brand's shelf
Dried and fresh egg, so it will not suit an egg-sensitive dog and is not vegan
Plant protein is generally less digestible, so the declared figure goes a little less far
Five legumes, so a delicate digestion wants a slow changeover

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

53.6/100Good

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The bag puts a 15 kg adult at 155 grams a day, so watch the ribs over the first fortnight and adjust.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Essential Eternal Living 53.6

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A scoring system that rewards named animal ingredients starts this list on the back foot, though the fundamentals underneath hold up.

What's in it

Brown rice protein17%A concentrate, chosen for the protein it delivers, and the grain in a grain-free brand.
Peas and pea protein16%
Field beans, chickpeas, lentils, lupins10% down to 3%The rest of the legume protein.
Linseed8%Plant omega 3.
Sweet potato6%
Whole dried eggs, fresh free-range eggs6%, 4%The only animal ingredient, and protein a dog uses about as efficiently as anything.
Sunflower oil, rapeseed oilLow in saturated fat; sunflower brings vitamin E.
Brewer's yeast, minerals, dried seaweedB vitamins and iodine.
AlgaeThe long-chain omega 3 dogs otherwise take from fish.
Cranberry, acai, bilberry and a long run of fruit, vegetables and herbs

Vitamins A, D3 and E, taurine at 1,428 mg, and zinc, iron, manganese and copper as amino acid chelates, preserved with rosemary extract.

Egg appears twice, so this is meat free but not vegan, and unsuitable for an egg-sensitive dog.

Named ingredients

Brown rice protein (17%), field beans (10%), linseed (8%), peas & pea protein (16%), sweet potato (6%), chickpeas (6%), whole dried eggs (6%), sunflower oil, rapeseed oil, brewer's yeast, fresh eggs from free-range chicken (4%), lentils (3%), lupins (3%), minerals, dried seaweed, Potato, vegetable gravy, lucerne, broccoli, algae, fructooligosaccharides, mannanoligosaccharides, cranberry, acai, bilberry, mulberry, apple, tomato, orange, pear, carrot, spinach, cauliflower, marigold, ginseng, decaffeinated green tea, ginger.

Against the range

One meat-free adult recipe. Protein comes from brown rice protein, peas and pea protein, field beans, chickpeas, lentils and lupins, with egg the only animal ingredient. Sunflower and rapeseed oils supply the fat, linseed and algae the omega 3, and taurine is dosed in print.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

16%

Fibre

5.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

37.5%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

10%

Added water

Carbs

59.6%

Veg

1.9%

Oils

11.2%

Other

16.3%

Pricing & size