Eukanuba

Eukanuba Working & Endurance review

Name: Eukanuba Working & Endurance
Brand: Eukanuba

66.3/100Good

DryAdult

Eukanuba Working & Endurance is built for more work than anything else in the line, and the analysis says so: protein at 30%, fat at 20% and a declared 392 kcal in every 100 grams. Carbohydrate finishes well below what adult dry food usually carries. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working gundogs and farm dogs through a hard season
Sporting and endurance dogs that lose condition on standard food
Dogs recovering between long days. Fish meal, fish oil and linseed are all on the list as omega sources
Joints that take a hammering, with glucosamine and chondroitin named on the dried chicken and turkey
Kennels and multi-dog homes, on a single 15kg bag size

Worth watching

High energy density by design. A dog that has finished its working life will gain weight unless the portion comes down
Fat at 20%, which is a lot for a dog that has had pancreatitis
Fish meal and fish oil, so not fish free
Pork fat, unusual in a kibble and worth knowing in a home that keeps pork off the menu

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

How this scores

How we score

66.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size in hard work. Match the portion to the workload, since Eukanuba's own guide steps the amount up with how hard the dog is working.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Eukanuba Working & Endurance 66.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis does most of the lifting here, and an unnamed fish meal on a plant side still bulked by maize and wheat holds it back.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey26%Chicken printed at 18% of it. Dried meat at the top is the honest way to build a kibble; named as a source of glucosamine and chondroitin.
Fresh chicken21%
MaizeFirst of the four cereals.
Pork fatNamed to species, where most makers write animal fat. The fuel that lasts on a long day.
Wheat, rice, sorghumRice is the gentlest of the three; wheat is the cereal dogs most often react to.
Dried beet pulp2.9%Steadies the gut.
Chicken gravy, fish mealThe fish meal names no species, the one real gap on a well named list.
Linseed, mineralsSodium hexametaphosphate at 0.3% in the minerals to slow tartar.
Fish oil, dried whole eggFish oil for omega 3.
Brewer's dried yeast, fructooligosaccharides0.3%Yeast for B vitamins and selenium; the prebiotic at 0.3%.

Trace minerals as amino acid chelates, which a dog takes up more easily than sulphates, with vitamin E at 250 mg and L-carnitine at 50 mg per kilo.

Glucosamine and chondroitin come from the dried chicken and turkey, with no dose printed.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey (26% including chicken 18%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin and taurine), fresh chicken (21%), maize, pork fat, wheat, rice, sorghum, dried beet pulp (2.9%), chicken gravy, fish meal, linseed, minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.3%), fish oil (a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids), dried whole egg, brewer's dried yeast (a natural source of B-vitamins and selenium), fructooligosaccharides (0.3%,a natural prebiotic).

Against the range

A single recipe. Dried chicken and turkey lead at 26%, fresh chicken follows at 21%, and pork fat is named where most kibbles write animal fat. Maize, wheat, rice and sorghum carry the cereal side at an estimated 36.5% carbohydrate in dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

392 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

20%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

21.7%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

36.5%

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%

Carbs

38.5%

Oils

6.4%

Other

1.1%

Pricing & size