Europa

Europa 50/50 Grain Free Senior: River Trout & Salmon review

Name: Europa 50/50 Grain Free Senior: River Trout & Salmon
Brand: Europa

63.6/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

Europa's half-meat plan with the fat taken down for a dog that has slowed a little. One bag is trout and salmon, the other turkey alone, and both print a dosed joint pack plus L-carnitine. The trade is more starch, which is the right way round for an older dog with an easier week.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs carrying a bit more than they should
Back legs starting to complain: glucosamine and MSM at 170 mg/kg and chondroitin at 125 mg/kg on both labels
Owners who want L-carnitine named and dosed, at 480 mg on the fish and 500 mg on the turkey
Senior dogs kept off grain
A turkey eater in later life, on a recipe with no other animal

Worth watching

The turkey's omega 3 supplement is unnamed, so it cannot be promised fish free
Starch does more of the work now: an estimated 51.6% of dry matter in the fish, 47.9% in the turkey
Pea and potato protein in the fish recipe, so part of its protein is from plants

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

How this scores

How we score

63.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. An older dog often settles a little under the guide amount, so let the label's table and your dog's shape decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Trout

The score, in context

Turkey 68.2
River Trout 63.6

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A large declared meat share lifts both, and the starch filling the space left by the lower fat keeps them where they are.

What's in it

Freshly prepared trout30%Leads the 50%, though it loses water in the bake.
Dried salmon, freshly prepared salmon11%, 4%Two fish in one bag.
Salmon oil, salmon stock3%, 2%Marine omega 3 direct, no supplement standing in.
Sweet potato24%The largest plant entry.
Potato, peas, beet pulp6% peas
Pea protein, linseed, potato protein, mineralsRefined plant proteins that top up amino acids without matching fish for quality.
Asparagus0.3%
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate170, 170, 125 mg/kgDosed, not gestured at.
FOS, MOS96 mg/kg, 24 mg/kg

L-carnitine at 480 mg per kilo for fat metabolism, with trace minerals in sulphate form and copper at 5 mg.

Named ingredients

Trout & Salmon 50% (including Freshly Prepared Trout 30%, Dried Salmon 11%, Freshly Prepared Salmon 4%, Salmon Oil 3%, Salmon Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (24%), Potato, Peas (6%), Beet Pulp, Pea Protein, Linseed, Potato Protein, Minerals, Asparagus (0.3%), Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: Trout and salmon, 11% dried; Turkey alone, 21% dried
Protein, dry matter: 27.2%; 29.3% in the turkey
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 51.6%; 47.9% in the turkey
Fat: 8%, 340 kcal per 100g; 9% and 343 in the turkey

The leaner bag, and the one with its omega 3 named as salmon oil.

Both bags declare 50% of the recipe as their named animal and print the fresh and dried split. Fat is held to 8% and 9% as fed, with energy at 340 and 343 kcal per 100g. Sweet potato, potato and peas bind; no grain appears in either.

Both print the same joint pack, the same quantified FOS and MOS, and L-carnitine. They differ in the meat, the sweet potato share and the fish recipe's two refined plant proteins, which leave it with more starch: an estimated 51.6% of dry matter against 47.9%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

340 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

51.6%

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

48%

Added water

Carbs

47.4%

Other

2.6%

Pricing & size