Eukanuba

Eukanuba Adult Large Breed Weight Control review

Name: Eukanuba Adult Large Breed Weight Control
Brand: Eukanuba

46.4/100Average

DryAdult

A weight-control kibble for the big dog who has drifted past a comfortable waistline, and it sits in our Average band. Fat comes down to 8.5% and energy to around 334 kcal per 100 grams, so the bowl still looks like dinner. Maize ahead of the meat is the trade it makes to get there.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Big adults whose weight plan has started
Dogs that hate a small portion, as lower energy density keeps the bowl a decent size
Neutered or slowing dogs, with L-carnitine dosed at 50mg per kilo
Joints carrying weight, with glucosamine added at 0.04%
Trace minerals in a form the gut takes up readily

Worth watching

Carbohydrate at 58.6% of dry matter, well past the 46.2% typical of adult dry food
Wheat in the cereal blend
Fish meal and poultry fat with no species named
Protein on the gentle side at 22.8% of dry matter, so watch muscle tone as well as the scales

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

How this scores

How we score

46.4/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large adult dogs. Feed to the weight you are aiming at, not today's weight, and let the monthly weigh-in settle the portion.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Adult Large Breed Weight Control 46.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Our scoring reads the label, not the job: maize ahead of the meat and a high carbohydrate figure count against a food built to bring calories down.

What's in it

MaizeLeads the list, and is how fat and calories come down.
Dried chicken and turkey15% (chicken 11%)Where most of the finished protein comes from.
Fresh chicken10%The oven leaves it a fraction of its starting weight.
Barley, sorghum, wheatBarley is the friendliest of the three; wheat is the one to know about.
Dried beet pulp3.1%The main fibre source.
Fish meal, chicken gravy, poultry fatNeither the fish nor the poultry is named to a species.
Mineralssodium hexametaphosphate 0.36%The hexametaphosphate is the tartar entry.
Dried whole egg, linseed, brewer's dried yeast
Fructooligosaccharides0.26%A prebiotic.
Glucosamine0.04%

Iron, copper, zinc and manganese as amino acid chelates, with L-carnitine at 50mg per kilo for a weight plan, plus vitamins A, D3 and E.

Named ingredients

Maize, dried chicken and turkey (15% including chicken 11%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine), fresh chicken (10%), barley, sorghum, wheat, dried beet pulp (3.1%), fish meal, chicken gravy, poultry fat, minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.36%), dried whole egg, linseed, brewer's dried yeast (a natural source of B-vitamins and selenium), fructooligosaccharides (0.26%, a natural prebiotic), glucosamine (from animal tissues) (0.04%).

Against the range

One cereal-first weight kibble for large adults. Maize leads, dried chicken and turkey at 15% and fresh chicken at 10% follow, and barley, sorghum and wheat fill in behind. Fat is held at 8.5% and the trace minerals come as amino acid chelates.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

334 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

21%

Fat

8.5%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

9.2%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

58.6%

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

36.8%

Carbs

61.3%

Oils

0.8%

Other

1.1%

Pricing & size