Eukanuba

Eukanuba Growing Puppy Medium Breed review

Name: Eukanuba Growing Puppy Medium Breed
Brand: Eukanuba

63.4/100Good

DryPuppy

The busiest recipe in Eukanuba's puppy family and the one with the most meat in front. Dried chicken and turkey at 29% open the list, and starch lands just under the puppy kibble middle. Calcium is declared at 1.41% of dry matter, and it sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium breed pups, the size this bag is drawn up for
Lively pups, at an estimated 383 kcal per 100g against 376 typical
The meat share at the front of the label
Owners checking growth minerals, with calcium printed and in range
Young teeth, helped by sodium hexametaphosphate at 0.35%

Worth watching

Wheat, barley, maize and rice, so it is no match for a grain-free household
Poultry fat and chicken gravy name a category, which counts on a strict exclusion diet
A rich recipe for a steadier pup, so weigh the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

63.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium breed puppies. Feed from the bag's growth chart, and trim or add by how your pup looks and feels.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Growing Puppy Medium Breed 63.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

More meat in front and less starch behind keep it around the puppy middle, and the grain base is what stops it reading higher.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey29%Chicken is 21% of it. Dried, so it keeps most of its share in the kibble.
Fresh chicken15%
Wheat, barley, maizeWheat is the one an owner watching for intolerance looks for first.
Poultry fatSpecies left open.
Rice
Dried beet pulp3%Gentle fibre.
Chicken gravy, maize grits
Fish oilOmega 3.
Minerals, dried whole egg, brewer's dried yeast0.35%The 0.35% is sodium hexametaphosphate, for tartar. Egg is a very digestible protein.
Fructooligosaccharides, mannanoligosaccharides0.25%, 0.13%

Vitamins A, D3 and E with beta-carotene, and iron, copper, zinc, manganese, iodine and selenium all dosed per kilo.

No energy figure is declared, so the 383 kcal per 100g is our estimate.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (29% including chicken 21%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine), fresh chicken (15%), wheat, barley, maize, poultry fat, rice, dried beet pulp (3%), chicken gravy, maize grits, fish oil (a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids), minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.35%), dried whole egg, brewer's dried yeast (a natural source of B-vitamins and selenium), fructooligosaccharides (0.25%, a natural prebiotic), mannanoligosaccharides (0.13%, a natural prebiotic).

Against the range

Dried chicken and turkey lead, with fresh chicken behind and a four-cereal base after that. Calcium is printed and inside the growth range.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

383 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

30%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

6.3%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

6.8%

Carbs

38.8%

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

47.7%

Carbs

48.4%

Oils

3.2%

Other

0.8%

Pricing & size