Europa

Europa 50/50 Grain Free: Lamb review

Name: Europa 50/50 Grain Free: Lamb
Brand: Europa

67.3/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A ten-flavour grain-free range on one plan: half the bag is a named animal, the other half sweet potato, potato and peas. Every label prints its own meat split, so the headline is easy to check. Nine flavours sit in our Good band and the Angus Beef a step up in Excellent.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Half the recipe pinned to a named animal, with fresh, dried and stock shares printed separately
Dogs better off without cereal
Rotating flavours on one construction, where only the animal changes
A dog kept to one land animal: beef, duck, lamb, pork or turkey
Fish eaters, with haddock, salmon and tuna to move between
Dogs of every size on a single feeding table

Worth watching

The omega 3 supplement names no source, so none can be promised fish free for a strict elimination plan
The rabbit brings turkey, and each fish flavour blends species, so those suit variety more than exclusion
Estimated carbohydrate from 41.4% to 48.8% of dry matter
Trace minerals in sulphate form, with no chelates

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

How this scores

How we score

67.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Pick the flavour by the animal your dog does best on, then let the waistline decide where in the label's table it sits.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Angus Beef 70.4
Duck 67.4
Lamb 67.3
Pork 67.3
Turkey 67.3
Rabbit 66.6
Tuna 65.6
Venison 65.6
Haddock 65.1
Salmon 64.9

Ten recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A narrow spread that tracks how much of the 50% arrives dried and how much starch ends up in the kibble; no flavour here is an afterthought.

What's in it

Freshly prepared lamb30%
Dried lamb18%
Lamb stock2%
Sweet potato23%
Peas, potato9% peas
Pea proteinIn no other flavour, so a little of the protein is plant.
Vegetable stock
Linseed, beet pulp, omega 3 supplement, minerals
FOS, MOS96 mg/kg, 24 mg/kg
Mint0.2%Seasoning.

Named ingredients

Lamb 50% (including Freshly Prepared Lamb 30%, Dried Lamb 18% & Lamb Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (23%), Peas (9%), Potato, Pea Protein, Linseed, Beet Pulp, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Vegetable Stock, Mint (0.2%), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Pea protein: On the label; Absent from the other nine.
Ash, dry matter: 10.9%; Highest in the range.
Price: £4.05 a kilo; The lowest per kilo in the range.

A single-animal lamb recipe at the lowest rate in the range.

Every label splits its 50% into freshly prepared meat, dried meat and a stock or gravy. The dried share, 12% to 20%, carries more protein into the kibble than its place suggests, and protein converts to between 27.2% and 31.5% of dry matter.

Sweet potato, peas and potato carry the starch with no grain anywhere, and estimated carbohydrate runs from 41.4% to 48.8% of dry matter. Linseed, an omega 3 supplement of unnamed source, beet pulp and dosed FOS and MOS finish each recipe. Where a panel is printed, the trace minerals are sulphates.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

360 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

10.9%

Carbs

43.4%

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

32%

Added water

18.6%

Carbs

46.3%

Other

3.2%

Pricing & size