Eukanuba

Eukanuba Growing Puppy Small Breed review

Name: Eukanuba Growing Puppy Small Breed
Brand: Eukanuba

66.1/100Good

DryPuppy

A Good-band small-breed puppy kibble that packs a lot into a small meal. Dried chicken and turkey at 34% lead the label with fresh chicken at 15% behind, and protein converts to 35.9% of dry matter. Calcium is printed, at 1.41% of dry matter.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small-breed pups, the size the recipe was drawn up for
Pups who eat little and often, at an estimated 397 kcal per 100g
Meat leading the label, dried poultry at the very front
Owners checking the growth minerals, with calcium declared
Young digestions, with beet pulp and two dosed prebiotics

Worth watching

Wheat and barley high on the list
Rich at 22.8% fat in dry matter. Weigh the portion for a pup filling out quickly
Poultry fat that does not name its bird, a gap on an exclusion diet

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

How this scores

How we score

66.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small-breed puppies. Small-breed growth is over sooner than most, so go by the bag's chart and a regular look at the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Growing Puppy Small Breed 66.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It clears the typical puppy kibble by a modest margin, carried by the meat at the front and the lightest carbohydrate estimate in this family.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey34%Including chicken at 24%. Already dry, so the share carries through to the kibble.
Fresh chicken15%
Wheat, barleyWheat is the grain dogs are most often intolerant of; move a delicate pup across slowly.
Poultry fatThe one entry that leaves its species unnamed.
Maize, rice
Dried beet pulp3.5%The highest fibre inclusion in the family.
Chicken gravy, fish oilFish oil for omega 3.
MineralsIncluding sodium hexametaphosphate at 0.35% for tartar, which small breeds build up fast.
Dried whole egg, brewer's dried yeast
Fructooligosaccharides, mannanoligosaccharides0.35%, 0.13%Prebiotics, dosed a little higher here.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with beta-carotene, and six trace elements as sulphates, iodate and selenite; glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine are credited to the poultry with no dose.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (34% including chicken 24%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine), fresh chicken (15%), wheat, barley, poultry fat, maize, rice, dried beet pulp (3.5%), chicken gravy, fish oil (a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids), minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.35%), dried whole egg, fructooligosaccharides (0.35%, a natural prebiotic), brewer's dried yeast (a natural source of B-vitamins and selenium), mannanoligosaccharides (0.13%, a natural prebiotic).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

396.9 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

33%

Fat

21%

Fibre

Ash

6.6%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

35.9%

Fat

22.8%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.2%

Carbs

31.9%

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

48.5%

Carbs

45.3%

Oils

Other

1.2%

Pricing & size