Eukanuba

Eukanuba Breed Specific Dachshund Adult review

Name: Eukanuba Breed Specific Dachshund Adult
Brand: Eukanuba

59.8/100Good

DryAdult

A poultry kibble in our Good band, drawn up for a small dog built long and low. The joint support is the part doing genuine work: glucosamine at 450mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 45mg/kg, printed by weight. Behind the meat, maize, wheat, sorghum and barley take over the middle of the label.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Long-backed small dogs, with joint support on the label
Dachshunds that get on with poultry. All the meat is chicken or turkey
Small mouths with crowded teeth: sodium hexametaphosphate at 0.38% softens tartar
Easily unsettled digestion, helped by dried beet pulp at 2.9% and a declared prebiotic

Worth watching

Fat at 16.0%, so measure portions for a dachshund already carrying a little extra
Maize and wheat directly behind the meat
Chicken, turkey, pork fat, egg and fish oil together, which rules out an exclusion trial

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

How this scores

How we score

59.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dachshunds. A dachshund is far smaller than our 15kg reference dog, so scale the portion down and let the waistline settle it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Breed Specific Dachshund Adult 59.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named meats and real doses on the joint compounds count for it, and four cereals with a steady, unremarkable protein level hold it level with the typical adult dry food.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey26% (chicken 16%)Dried meat reaches the mixer with its water gone, so the figure survives cooking.
Maize, wheatWheat is the cereal behind more grain intolerances than any other.
Pork fatMost of the added energy, and the animal is named.
Sorghum, barleySorghum is gluten free; barley cooks down easily and brings fibre.
Fresh chicken4%The oven takes most of this away.
Dried beet pulp2.9%The fermentable fibre.
Chicken gravy, minerals (sodium hexametaphosphate)0.38% hexametaphosphateFor tartar.
Dried whole egg, fish oil, linseedFish oil for marine omega 3, linseed for the plant form.
FOS, brewer's dried yeastFOS 0.38%FOS feeds the gut's own bacteria.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate450mg/kg, 45mg/kgTaken from animal tissues and dosed in print.

Vitamins A, C, D3 and E with beta-carotene and L-carnitine, and trace elements as sulphates, oxide, iodide and selenite.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (26% including chicken 16%, 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 (0.38%, a natural prebiotic), linseed, brewer's dried yeast (a natural source of B-vitamins and selenium), glucosamine (from animal tissues) (450mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate (45mg/kg).

Against the range

One poultry kibble for adult dachshunds. Dried chicken and turkey head the list at 26% with chicken printed at 16% inside it, and four cereals share the starch. Moisture is not declared, so dry matter assumes the standard figure for a kibble.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

46.1%

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

42.6%

Carbs

50.5%

Oils

5.1%

Other

1.8%

Pricing & size