Eukanuba

Eukanuba Breed Specific Boxer Adult review

Name: Eukanuba Breed Specific Boxer Adult
Brand: Eukanuba

58.5/100Good

DryAdult

A Boxer recipe that tunes the small print and leaves the big ingredients ordinary. Dried chicken and turkey lead at 28%, with maize and wheat behind. The additive panel is the difference: beta-carotene, vitamin C and zinc dosed well ahead of an ordinary adult kibble, with L-carnitine beside them. Good band, level with the middle of the adult dry shelf.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult Boxers and dogs of a similar athletic build
Antioxidants in print: beta-carotene at 30mg, vitamin C at 56mg and vitamin E at 250mg per kilo
Dogs carrying real muscle, on protein at 26% and fat at 15%
Skin and coat. Fish oil and linseed both bring omega 3, and zinc is dosed at 110mg per kilo
Owners minding heart and muscle, as L-carnitine is dosed at 50mg per kilo and taurine comes with the poultry

Worth watching

Maize and wheat high on the list; go slowly if cereals have troubled your dog before
Fish oil, so the bag is not fish free
Fresh chicken is only 4%, and the dried poultry does nearly all the meat work
No moisture figure, so the dry-matter numbers assume 8%

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

How this scores

How we score

58.5/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Written for adult Boxers. Most weigh well over 15kg, so scale the daily amount up to the dog you actually have.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Breed Specific Boxer Adult 58.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Maize and wheat right behind the poultry meal peg this back to a typical score; its richer additive panel sits in the part of the label our scoring weighs least.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey28%, chicken 11%The meat backbone, and where the 26% protein comes from. Brings glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine with it.
Maize, wheatWheat is the grain most often behind a cereal intolerance.
Pork fatNamed, which beats an unspecified animal fat.
Sorghum, barleyBarley is the friendliest grain here; sorghum carries no gluten.
Fresh chicken4%Mostly water before baking, so it shrinks on the way through.
Dried beet pulp2.9%
Chicken gravy, mineralsThe minerals include sodium hexametaphosphate at 0.38%, which keeps plaque from setting hard.
Dried whole egg
Fish oil, linseedMarine omega 3 a dog can use as it comes; the plant form needs converting first.
Fructooligosaccharides0.29%Feeds the bacteria of the large intestine.

Beta-carotene at 30mg, vitamin C at 56mg, vitamin E at 250mg and zinc at 110mg per kilo, a deliberate antioxidant and skin emphasis, with L-carnitine at 50mg.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8% and the energy figure is estimated.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (28% including chicken 11%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate and taurine), maize, wheat, pork fat, sorghum, barley, fresh chicken (4%), dried beet pulp (2.9%), chicken gravy, minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.38%), dried whole egg, fish oil (a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids), fructooligosaccharides (0.29%, a natural prebiotic), linseed.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

365.9 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

6.8%

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

7.4%

Carbs

45.7%

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

42.7%

Carbs

50.7%

Oils

5.2%

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size