Eukanuba

Eukanuba Special Care Mono-Protein Salmon Adult All Breed review

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

60.1/100Good

DryAdult

A fish-only kibble, and the single-species claim is watertight: no poultry fat, no hydrolysed liver, no meat derivative in the tail. Salmon arrives fresh and as meal at 19% each. It sits in our Good band, with a starch side heavier than the salmon headline suggests.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that have reacted to poultry and red meat, with salmon the one animal on the list
Skin and coat. The marine omega 3s come inside the salmon itself
Grain-free households
Picky eaters, since a salmon gravy coating is hard to walk past
Owners who want the added fat named, here as sunflower oil

Worth watching

A strong fish smell that dogs like more than owners do, so the smaller bag is the sensible start
Carbohydrate estimated at 50.6% of dry matter, above the 46.2% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

60.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. For a dog being taken off land meats under a vet's eye, the clean list is the reason to choose it; the label asks 245 to 285 grams a day for a 20kg dog.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Eukanuba Special Care Mono-Protein Salmon Adult All Breed 60.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A clean, single-species label earns an Outstanding transparency reading, and the starch share is what keeps the whole at the category midpoint.

What's in it

Freshly frozen salmon19%Largely water before cooking.
Salmon meal19%Carries most of the finished kibble's protein.
Potato, whole peasLead the plant side.
Sweet potato13%
Pea starch
Sunflower oilThe only added fat, and it brings vitamin E of its own.
Dried beet pulp3%The fibre.
Salmon gravy2%The aroma.
Minerals
Fructooligosaccharides, mannanoligosaccharides0.25%, 0.15%Prebiotics for the large intestine.

Trace minerals as amino acid chelates, each dosed per kilo (zinc 62.5 mg, iron 50 mg), with taurine at 500 mg and L-carnitine at 50 mg.

No moisture figure on the label, so the dry matter conversions rest on an assumed 8%.

Named ingredients

Freshly frozen salmon (19%), salmon meal (19%), potato, whole peas, sweet potato (13%), pea starch, sunflower oil, dried beet pulp (3%), salmon gravy (2%), minerals, fructooligosaccharides (0.25%, a natural prebiotic), mannanoligosaccharides (0.15%, a natural prebiotic).

Against the range

One recipe with salmon the only animal from top to bottom: freshly frozen salmon and salmon meal at 19% each, salmon gravy at 2%, and sunflower oil as the only added fat. Potato, whole peas, sweet potato and pea starch do the binding, with no grain. No moisture is declared, so the dry matter figures assume a standard 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

348.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

6.9%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

7.5%

Carbs

50.6%

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

40%

Carbs

55.3%

Oils

2.6%

Other

2.1%

Pricing & size