Eukanuba

Eukanuba Daily Care Sensitive Joints review

Name: Eukanuba Daily Care Sensitive Joints
Brand: Eukanuba

61.9/100Good

DryAdult

An everyday chicken and turkey kibble that prints its joint package on the label: glucosamine at 0.06%, chondroitin sulphate at 0.006% and methyl sulphonyl methane at 0.13%. Fish oil and linseed cover the omega side. It sits in our Good band, alongside the typical adult dry food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs whose joints have started to protest
Owners who want joint ingredients named in the small print, with a figure each
Heavier dogs putting more load through their hips, as the label runs from toy to giant
Omega 3 from two directions, fish oil and linseed
An ageing mouth. Sodium hexametaphosphate at 0.38% works against tartar

Worth watching

Joint actives in fractions of a percent: steady daily background, and no substitute for anything your vet has put in place
Maize, wheat, barley and sorghum, a point for a dog that struggles with cereals
Fish and pork both in the recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

61.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs from toy to giant. The label asks 245 to 280 grams for a 20kg dog, so start there and let the waistline settle it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Daily Care Sensitive Joints 61.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

An ordinary, steady reading for an adult dry food, and the joint ingredients are a job the score does not measure.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey24%Chicken is 19% of it. Dried, so it stays put through cooking.
Maize, wheat, barleyWheat is the grain most often behind a cereal intolerance.
Pork fatNamed to the animal, which puts pork in the bowl.
SorghumGluten free.
Fresh chicken4%Shrinks to very little.
Dried beet pulp, chicken gravy2.8%
Minerals0.38%The 0.38% is sodium hexametaphosphate, against tartar.
Dried whole egg, fish meal, linseed, fish oil, brewer's dried yeastMarine and plant omega 3 together.
Fructooligosaccharides0.27%
MSM, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.13%, 0.06%, 0.006%The reason to pick the bag up. Small doses, as on most complete foods.

The trace minerals are amino acid chelates, each one printed, from zinc at 62.5mg per kilo down to iodine at 1.5mg.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (24% including chicken 19%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine), maize, wheat, barley, pork fat, sorghum, fresh chicken (4%), dried beet pulp (2.8%), chicken gravy, minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.38%), dried whole egg, fish meal, 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), methyl sulphonyl methane (0.13%), glucosamine (from animal tissues) (0.06%), chondroitin sulphate (0.006%).

Against the range

Dried chicken and turkey head a cereal-based list, with the joint trio and two sources of omega 3 declared in the small print. Pork fat is the fat, named to the animal.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

355 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

6.7%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.3%

Carbs

49.8%

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

42.5%

Carbs

52.7%

Oils

3.2%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size