Eukanuba

Eukanuba Special Care Mono-Protein Lamb Adult All Breed review

Name: Eukanuba Special Care Mono-Protein Lamb Adult All Breed
Brand: Eukanuba

59.7/100Good

DryAdult

A grain-free, lamb-only kibble in our Good band, and the one-animal rule holds all the way down the list. Lamb appears as fresh meat at 24%, as meal at 19% and as a 2% gravy, with no second species slipped in as an unnamed fat or a dash of fish oil. That is the list an exclusion trial needs.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs being moved off poultry. Lamb is the only animal named anywhere
Owners who want the fresh share printed, at 24%, with the meal beside it
No grain in the cupboard: whole peas, pea starch, potato and sweet potato do that work
Fish-avoiding dogs, as linseed supplies the omega 3
Reluctant eaters, with a lamb gravy coating on the kibble

Worth watching

A dog already sensitised to lamb is the one this bag cannot help
Calcium at 1.85% of dry matter, so not one to leave open for a growing large-breed pup
Plant omega 3 works more slowly; give the coat a few weeks

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

How this scores

How we score

59.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Eukanuba's guide and the standard estimate differ a little, so let the waistline settle the portion.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Eukanuba Special Care Mono-Protein Lamb Adult All Breed 59.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Transparency climbs well clear of the rest of the sheet, fair for a label that names its single animal in three places and leaves nothing to a category word.

What's in it

Freshly frozen lamb24%The largest fresh share in the Special Care mono-protein group. Most of it is water that cooks off.
Lamb meal19%The entry that survives intact into the bowl.
Whole peas, pea starchWhole peas keep the fibre and micronutrients refined flour would lose.
Potato, sweet potato10% on the sweet potatoNo cereal anywhere.
Dried beet pulp3%The fibre.
Lamb gravy2%The smell that gets a dog to the bowl.
LinseedThe omega source, plant only.
Minerals
FOS, MOS0.26%, 0.15%Two declared prebiotics.

Taurine, L-carnitine, vitamin E and beta-carotene all dosed, with trace minerals as amino acid chelates, a form generally absorbed well.

Moisture is not printed, so the dry-matter figures assume the standard 8%.

Named ingredients

Freshly frozen lamb (24%), lamb meal (19%), whole peas, pea starch, potato, sweet potato (10%), dried beet pulp (3%), lamb gravy (2%), linseed, minerals, fructooligosaccharides (0.26%, a natural prebiotic), mannanoligosaccharides (0.15%, a natural prebiotic).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

342.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23.5%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

8.3%

Dry weight

Protein

25.5%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.2%

Ash

Carbs

49.3%

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

45%

Carbs

50.5%

Other

4.5%

Pricing & size