Eukanuba

Eukanuba Puppy Small/Medium Breed Rich in Lamb & Rice review

Name: Eukanuba Puppy Small/Medium Breed Rich in Lamb & Rice
Brand: Eukanuba

66/100Good

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A growth kibble whose name tells only part of the story, and a Good result in our scoring. Dried chicken and turkey open the list, with lamb at 14% behind them. The line that matters most on a puppy bag is printed: calcium converts to 1.41% of dry matter, right where a growing skeleton wants it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups that will finish somewhere between a terrier and a collie
Owners who look for the calcium line first
A busy pup, at an estimated 380 kcal per 100g against the 376 typical
Gut support in print: FOS at 0.25% and MOS at 0.13%
Early tartar, with sodium hexametaphosphate declared at 0.35%

Worth watching

Dried chicken and turkey lead ahead of the lamb, so not one for a pup kept off poultry
Maize and sorghum behind the rice put it outside a grain-free plan
Fish oil matters for a strict exclusion trial

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

How this scores

How we score

66/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Written for small and medium-breed puppies. A growing pup has no settled portion, so reset the scoop against the pack's chart every few weeks.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small, Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Eukanuba Puppy Small/Medium Breed Rich in Lamb & Rice 66.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The declared calcium and the dried meat at the top of the list do most of the lifting, and the missing moisture line is what stops it climbing further.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkeyThe water is already out, so it delivers more than fresh meat. The label credits it as the source of glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine.
Lamb14%The flavour on the pack, in a strong supporting role behind the poultry.
Rice14%The friendliest starch here.
Maize, sorghumPlainer cereals doing the binding; sorghum brings no gluten.
Pork fat, dried whole eggA fat that names its animal, and egg protein pups digest easily.
Dried beet pulp2.6%Keeps a puppy's motions predictable.
Chicken gravy
Fish oilMarine omega 3 for coat and brain.
Minerals, sodium hexametaphosphate0.35% for the hexametaphosphateThe dental mineral.
FOS, brewer's dried yeast, MOS0.25%, 0.13% for the prebiotics

Vitamins A, D3 and E with beta-carotene, and iron, copper, zinc, manganese, iodine and selenium in standard sulphate and selenite forms.

No moisture figure on the label, so the dry-matter numbers assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine), lamb (14%), rice (14%), maize, sorghum, pork fat, dried whole egg, dried beet pulp (2.6%), chicken gravy, fish oil (a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids), minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.35%), fructooligosaccharides (0.25%, 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

380 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

28%

Fat

17%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

6.2%

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

6.7%

Carbs

42.8%

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

48.6%

Carbs

45.3%

Oils

4.7%

Other

1.5%

Pricing & size