Eukanuba

Eukanuba Breed Specific German Shepherd Adult review

Name: Eukanuba Breed Specific German Shepherd Adult
Brand: Eukanuba

58.3/100Good

DryAdult

A chicken kibble written for a big, working-minded dog with a famously particular middle, and it rests in our Good band beside the typical adult dry food. The digestive thinking is the convincing part. Glucosamine and chondroitin come with doses printed, which counts for a breed known for hip and elbow trouble.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult German Shepherds that need a gentle bowl, with rice and dried beet pulp at 2.8% doing that job
Owners who want joint compounds quantified: glucosamine at 450mg/kg, chondroitin sulphate at 45mg/kg
A prebiotic printed by weight, fructooligosaccharides at 0.52%
Owners who want the poultry broken down, chicken named at 14% inside the dried entry

Worth watching

Carbohydrate at 51.9% of dry matter, above the 46.2% typical, which a dog used to a meatier bowl will notice
Wheat third on the list, if your shepherd has any history of cereal trouble
Two birds plus pork fat, egg and fish oil, so a food trial gets no clean answer from it

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

How this scores

How we score

58.3/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Written for adult German Shepherds. A grown shepherd eats well above the 15kg comparison figure, so feed to the pack and your dog's condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Breed Specific German Shepherd Adult 58.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named meats and dosed joint compounds count for it, while cereals doing much of the carrying and a modest protein figure hold it level with the shelf.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey24%Chicken is 14% of it. Already dried, so it holds close to that share in the kibble.
Maize, rice, wheatRice is the gentle one. Wheat is the cereal most often blamed when a dog proves intolerant.
Pork fatThe main added energy, species named.
Fresh chicken4%Shrinks in the oven and does less than its place implies.
Dried beet pulp2.8%Moderately fermentable fibre that helps firm a loose stool.
Chicken gravy, minerals0.38% hexametaphosphateSodium hexametaphosphate is there for tartar.
Dried whole egg
Fructooligosaccharides0.52%Prebiotic, food for the helpful bacteria further down.
Fish oil, linseedMarine and plant omega 3.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate450mg/kg, 45mg/kgDoses printed, not waved at.

Vitamins A, C, D3 and E with beta-carotene and L-carnitine, plus copper, iodine, manganese, zinc, iron and selenium in standard sulphate and oxide forms.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (24% including chicken 14%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate and taurine), maize, rice, wheat, pork fat, fresh chicken (4%), dried beet pulp (2.8%), chicken gravy, minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.38%), dried whole egg, fructooligosaccharides (0.52%, a natural prebiotic), fish oil (a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids), linseed, glucosamine (from animal tissues) (450mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate (45mg/kg).

Against the range

Dried chicken and turkey open the list at 24%, chicken named at 14% inside it, with fresh chicken adding 4% lower down. Maize, rice and wheat run the starch, and the gut and joint extras carry stated doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

358 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

13%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

6.6%

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

7.2%

Carbs

51.9%

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

44.3%

Carbs

49.4%

Oils

3.6%

Other

2.6%

Pricing & size