Eukanuba

Eukanuba Breed Specific West Highland Terrier Adult review

Name: Eukanuba Breed Specific West Highland Terrier Adult
Brand: Eukanuba

56.8/100Good

DryAdult

A breed kibble for adult westies that leads with a generous named poultry entry, 29% dried chicken and turkey, over a familiar cereal base. It finishes in our Good band. The coat gets attention, from fish oil and linseed to vitamin E at 250mg/kg.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult westies who do well on poultry, the only meat named
A real meat share on a small dog's food, with chicken printed at 17% inside the dried entry
Gentle exercisers. Fat is held to 12.0%
Owners feeding with the coat in mind

Worth watching

Chicken and wheat both sit at the centre of the recipe, on a breed with form for itchy skin
Glucosamine and chondroitin come from the poultry alone, with no dose printed
Fish oil, pork fat and dried whole egg are on the list too

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

How this scores

How we score

56.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Written for adult West Highland terriers. A westie is far smaller than our 15 kg reference dog, so scale the portion down and let the waistline tell you.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Breed Specific West Highland Terrier Adult 56.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The meat share and the printed chicken figure pull it up; the cereal-led middle and undosed joint compounds hold it level.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey29% (chicken 17%)Water already out, so almost all of it reaches the kibble. The label's natural source of glucosamine and chondroitin.
Maize, wheat, sorghum, barleyThe starch. Wheat is the one to know about on this breed.
Pork fatNamed, which beats a generic animal fat.
Fresh chicken4%Delivers a good deal less than it looks once cooked.
Dried beet pulp2.8%
Chicken gravy, dried whole egg
Minerals, incl. sodium hexametaphosphate0.38%Keeps tartar off small, crowded teeth.
Fish oil, linseedMarine and plant omega 3 for the coat.
Fructooligosaccharides0.53%

A fully dosed vitamin and mineral panel, with tocopherols and rosemary extract keeping the oils fresh in the bag.

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 (0.53%, a natural prebiotic), linseed.

Against the range

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

54.5%

Oils

2.3%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size