Eukanuba

Eukanuba Adult Small/Medium Breed Rich in Salmon & Barley review

Name: Eukanuba Adult Small/Medium Breed Rich in Salmon & Barley
Brand: Eukanuba

63.4/100Good

DryAdult

A fish-flavoured everyday kibble that gets its balance unusually right for a cereal-based food. Salmon is named to its species, and barley and oats are the cereals doing most of the work. It sits in our Good band, shoulder to shoulder with the middle of the category.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and medium adults with ordinary appetites and no complications
Dogs who prefer fish, with salmon at 14%
A kinder grain mix, led by barley and oats
Skin and coat, from salmon and sunflower oil
An unsettled gut: beet pulp at 2.6%, a prebiotic at 0.25% and brewer's dried yeast

Worth watching

Poultry fat with no bird named, so duck and goose stay possible on a strict elimination diet
Chicken and turkey ahead of the salmon, so the food is fish-flavoured and poultry-based
Moisture not declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%

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

How this scores

How we score

63.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and medium adult dogs. The bag's own table asks 235 to 270 grams for a 20kg dog, so scale down from there for a smaller one.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small, Medium

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Eukanuba Adult Small/Medium Breed Rich in Salmon & Barley 63.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing dramatic: a species-named fish and the better cereals earn it a place in the middle of the category, with nutritional balance the one soft leg.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkeyThe real protein backbone. Dried, so its weight survives into the kibble.
Salmon14%Named to species, with the marine omega 3 a coat draws on.
Barley14%Digests easily once cooked.
Maize, oats, sorghumOats are the better company; sorghum carries no gluten.
Poultry fatFamily named, bird not.
Dried beet pulp, chicken gravy2.6%
Sunflower oilA lighter oil and a source of vitamin E.
Minerals0.35%The 0.35% is sodium hexametaphosphate, which works on plaque before it hardens.
Fructooligosaccharides, brewer's dried yeast0.25%Prebiotic, plus B vitamins and selenium.

Vitamin E at 250mg per kilo and zinc at 62.5mg, with L-carnitine and beta-carotene printed too.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine), salmon (14%), barley (14%), maize, oats, sorghum, poultry fat, dried beet pulp (2.6%), chicken gravy, sunflower oil, minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.35%), fructooligosaccharides (0.25%, a natural prebiotic), brewer's dried yeast (a natural source of B-vitamins and selenium).

Against the range

Dried chicken and turkey lead, with salmon and barley at 14% each behind them. Oats, maize and sorghum fill out the cereal side, and poultry fat is the added fat.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

6.6%

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

7.2%

Carbs

46.9%

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

43.3%

Carbs

52%

Oils

3.3%

Other

1.3%

Pricing & size