Eukanuba

Eukanuba Daily Care Overweight Sterilized review

Name: Eukanuba Daily Care Overweight Sterilized
Brand: Eukanuba

59.3/100Good

DryAdult

A light kibble for dogs that have stopped burning what they eat, and it lands in our Good band. Fat is held down to 7.5%, energy sits at 328 kcal per 100g and L-carnitine is dosed at 50mg. Read as a controlled ration for a dog with a few kilos to shed, it does the job it was drawn for.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Neutered dogs whose appetite outlasted the operation
A waistline to reverse: fat at 7.5%, energy at 328 kcal per 100g
Dogs that empty the bowl and go looking for more. Crude fibre at 4.0% gives a smaller ration some bulk
Mixed-size households, as one label covers toy up to giant
Owners who like the weight helpers named, L-carnitine at 50mg among them

Worth watching

Gentle protein at 23.9% of dry matter, aimed at a dog with weight to lose and not one already lean and working
Estimated carbohydrate at 56.0% of dry matter, filling the room the fat left
Wheat, maize, sorghum and barley alongside fish meal and fish oil

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

How this scores

How we score

59.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, toy to giant. Set the ration against the weight you are working towards, not today's number on the scales, and check in every couple of weeks.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Daily Care Overweight Sterilized 59.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Nearly all the distance from the top of our scale is deliberate: low fat and low energy are the whole point of a weight recipe.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey19%Chicken is 13% of it. Being dried, it survives into the kibble largely intact.
Maize, wheat, sorghum, barleyThe middle of the list. Wheat is the grain most often behind a cereal intolerance; barley brings fibre.
Dried apple pomaceFibre for bulk.
Fresh chicken4%A garnish next to the dried meat.
Dried beet pulp3.8%
Fish meal, chicken gravyFish meal brings dense protein without much fat attached.
Poultry fat
Minerals, dried whole eggSodium hexametaphosphate at 0.36% is in the minerals, there for tartar.
Linseed, fish oilPlant and marine omega 3.
Brewer's dried yeast, fructooligosaccharides, glucosamine0.27%, 0.04%

Trace minerals come as amino acid chelates, generally the easier form to absorb, and L-carnitine at 50mg helps move fat to where it gets burned.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (19% including chicken 13%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine), maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, dried apple pomace, fresh chicken (4%), dried beet pulp (3.8%), fish meal, chicken gravy, poultry fat, minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.36%), dried whole egg, linseed, fish oil (a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids), brewer's dried yeast (a natural source of B-vitamins and selenium), fructooligosaccharides (0.27%, a natural prebiotic), glucosamine (from animal tissues) (0.04%).

Against the range

One recipe, built around 19% dried chicken and turkey with four cereals behind it. Fat is held to 7.5% and fibre lifted with beet pulp, apple pomace and fructooligosaccharides, so a smaller ration still fills the bowl.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

328 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

8.2%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

56%

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

41.8%

Carbs

54.4%

Veg

2.3%

Oils

0.6%

Other

0.9%

Pricing & size