Eukanuba

Eukanuba Special Care Sensitive Digestion Puppy All Breed Rich in Chicken review

Name: Eukanuba Special Care Sensitive Digestion Puppy All Breed Rich in Chicken
Brand: Eukanuba

64.3/100Good

DryPuppy

A digestion-brief puppy food that keeps its promises where you can check them. Beet pulp, fructooligosaccharides at a full 1% and microencapsulated sodium butyrate are all itemised. Calcium is declared at 1.3% of dry matter, which is what a big pup needs behind an all breed claim. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies whose stomachs announce every change of food
A pup headed for a large frame, with calcium inside the range growth is safest at
Chicken friendly households
Pups with an engine that never idles, at an estimated 395 kcal per 100g
Owners watching starch: an estimated 34.0% of dry matter against the 39.0% typical

Worth watching

Fish meal and fish oil behind the chicken on the front
White rice and maize, so not a grain free plan
Fat at 20.8%, a rich recipe a steadier pup needs measured

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

How this scores

How we score

64.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, giants included. There is no fixed daily scoop, so let the growth chart and your pup's waistline set the amount week by week.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Special Care Sensitive Digestion Puppy All Breed Rich in Chicken 64.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It matches the going rate for growth kibble, held there by the digestion package and printed calcium, and kept from more by the unnamed poultry fat.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey31% (chicken 22%)Water long gone, so this reaches the bowl close to its printed size.
White riceThe cereal that sits easiest with an unsettled gut, rightly ahead of the maize.
Maize
Fresh chicken10%Shrinks in the oven.
Poultry fatThe one loose thread: chicken, turkey, duck or goose are all possible.
Dried beet pulp3.9%A substantial inclusion, doing most of the stool firming.
Chicken gravy, dried whole egg, fish mealFish meal brings marine protein and minerals.
Minerals, linseed, fish oilOmega 3s from a plant and a marine source.
Fructooligosaccharides, brewer's dried yeast, mannanoligosaccharides1%, 0.13% MOSFOS at 1% is generous by most labels' standards.
Microencapsulated sodium butyrate0.1%Coated so it survives to the part of the gut where it acts.

Iron, copper, zinc and manganese as amino acid chelates, with L-carnitine dosed alongside the vitamins.

On a genuine exclusion trial, the source of the poultry fat is a question to put to the maker.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (31% including chicken 22%), white rice, maize, fresh chicken (10%), poultry fat, dried beet pulp (3.9%), chicken gravy, dried whole egg, fish meal, minerals, linseed, fish oil, fructooligosaccharides (1%), brewer's dried yeast, mannanoligosaccharides (0.13%), microencapsulated Sodium Butyrate (0.1%).

Against the range

One puppy recipe: dried chicken and turkey lead, white rice and maize carry the starch, and the gut package is itemised with a percentage on every entry. Calcium is declared.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

394.9 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

31%

Fat

20.8%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

33.7%

Fat

22.6%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

34%

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

54.1%

Carbs

38.4%

Oils

4.8%

Other

2.7%

Pricing & size