Eukanuba

Eukanuba Active Adult Small Breed review

Name: Eukanuba Active Adult Small Breed
Brand: Eukanuba

63.9/100Good

DryAdult

A busy little dog's kibble, carrying noticeably less carbohydrate than most: 38.1% of dry matter against a typical 46.2%. Fat is generous at 18%. The label prints a prebiotic and a tartar mineral with their doses. Our Good band holds it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Little dogs with energy to burn, at around 381 kcal per 100 grams
Owners who want the bird named; chicken is pinned at 21%
Terriers and other small dogs that do better on a dense bowl
Teeth the vet has mentioned. Sodium hexametaphosphate is declared at 0.35%
An older small dog, with the poultry named as a source of glucosamine and chondroitin

Worth watching

Wheat fairly high on the list, for a dog with past cereal trouble
Poultry fat with no bird named
Rich by design, so keep the scoop honest on quiet days

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

How this scores

How we score

63.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. The label's table asks 115 to 130 grams a day for an 8kg dog; start there and let the waistline have the final word.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Active Adult Small Breed 63.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A fair benchmark for the adult dry shelf, held in place by the cereal blend and the unnamed fat, with nothing in the analysis dragging.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey30%Chicken pinned at 21% of it. The dried entry does the heavy lifting.
Fresh chicken15%Mostly water, driven off in the oven.
BarleyWith oats, the pick of the cereals.
WheatThe grain dietary intolerance points at most often, and high enough to be doing real work.
Maize
Poultry fatA family of birds, not a species. Only matters when ruling one bird in or out.
Sorghum, oatsSorghum is gluten free.
Dried beet pulp3.5%The fibre.
Chicken gravy, minerals, dried whole egg0.35% (hexametaphosphate)The hexametaphosphate keeps plaque from hardening into tartar.
Fructooligosaccharides0.38%A prebiotic for the large intestine.

L-carnitine at 50mg, vitamin E at 250mg and zinc at 62.5mg per kilo, all dosed in print; the joint components come with the poultry and carry no measured dose.

The energy figure is our estimate, not printed on the label, so treat it as a close guide.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (30% including chicken 21%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine), fresh chicken (15%), barley, wheat, maize, poultry fat, sorghum, oats, dried beet pulp (3.5%), chicken gravy, minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.35%), dried whole egg, fructooligosaccharides (0.38%, a natural prebiotic).

Against the range

Dried chicken and turkey open the list at 30%, chicken pinned at 21% of it, with fresh chicken at 15% behind. Barley, wheat, maize, sorghum and oats share the starch, and the added fat is poultry fat with no bird named.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

380.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

30%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

6.7%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

7.3%

Carbs

38.1%

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

47%

Carbs

49.5%

Oils

2.7%

Other

0.9%

Pricing & size