Eukanuba

Eukanuba Breed Specific Cocker Spaniel Adult review

Name: Eukanuba Breed Specific Cocker Spaniel Adult
Brand: Eukanuba

60.3/100Good

DryAdult

A coat and condition recipe wearing a breed name. Fat is held back to 12% for a breed famously bad at leaving food, while zinc, fish oil and linseed all work on skin and coat. It sits in our Good band, where most adult dry foods land.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult Cocker Spaniels and other feathered, heavy coated dogs
Dogs who gain weight at the sight of a biscuit tin. L-carnitine is dosed at 50mg per kilo
Feeding for coat: zinc at 120mg per kilo alongside fish oil and linseed
Protein at 27% without the richness
Antioxidants in print, vitamin C at 56mg and vitamin E at 250mg per kilo

Worth watching

Maize and wheat both outrank the fresh chicken, for a dog with cereal reactions
Fish oil rules out a strict fish elimination trial
A Cocker working a full day in the field may need more than the table suggests

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

How this scores

How we score

60.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Written for adult Cocker Spaniels. A typical adult Cocker weighs under 15kg, so expect the real daily portion to come in below the figure shown here.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Breed Specific Cocker Spaniel Adult 60.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A sound everyday food for the breed, carried mostly by its protein and held back by maize and wheat near the front.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey29%Chicken named at 17% of it, a more generous split than blended poultry entries usually give. Credited as the source of glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine.
Maize, wheatWheat is the one most often linked to intolerance, and its place on the list matters if your dog has form there.
Sorghum, barleyBarley suits a dog best of the four; sorghum carries no gluten.
Pork fatNamed to its animal.
Fresh chicken4%Mostly water before baking, so more flavour than substance.
Dried beet pulp2.8%The fibre.
Chicken gravy, minerals0.38% (hexametaphosphate)Sodium hexametaphosphate works on plaque before it becomes tartar.
Dried whole egg
Fish oil, linseedMarine omega 3 in a form a dog uses straight away, with the plant version behind it.
Fructooligosaccharides0.29%The prebiotic.

Zinc at 120mg and L-carnitine at 50mg per kilo, with vitamins C and E and a full trace panel; no separately dosed joint supplement.

No moisture figure on the label, so the dry matter numbers assume the 8% standard.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (29% including chicken 17%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate and taurine), maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, pork fat, fresh chicken (4%), dried beet pulp (2.8%), 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

Dried chicken and turkey lead at 29%, with chicken pinned at 17% of that share. Maize, wheat, sorghum and barley make up the cereal blend, and fat is held to 12% on purpose. The added fat is pork fat, named to its animal.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

350.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

6.9%

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

7.5%

Carbs

47.9%

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

41.6%

Carbs

54.7%

Oils

2.3%

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size