Europa

Europa 55/45 Grain Free review

Name: Europa 55/45 Grain Free
Brand: Europa

70.5/100Excellent

DryAdult

Europa's most meat-forward everyday bag, and it earns its Excellent band with plain arithmetic. Chicken makes up 55%, printed as 31% fresh, 21% dried and 3% stock, so the headline figure can be checked. Starch comes from sweet potato and peas, with no cereal in the bag.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Straightforward chicken eaters, as chicken is the only species in the recipe
Owners who like a big meat share broken down into fresh, dried and stock
Dogs that suit a bowl with no cereal in it
Anyone who wants to know what a herb blend holds. All six are named
A mixed pack, with one feeding table running from toy dogs to giants

Worth watching

Chicken causes more intolerance than any other meat, simply because it is in so many foods
An omega 3 supplement with no stated source, so the bag cannot be promised fish free
Carbohydrate at an estimated 43.0% of dry matter, under the typical 46.2% but still a real slice of the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

70.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The bag's table spans 145 to 245 grams a day for dogs of 10kg to 20kg, so feed to your dog's waistline before the chart.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Europa 55/45 Grain Free 70.5

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing here is inventive, and the parts that decide how a kibble feeds a dog are all in the right places.

What's in it

Chicken: freshly prepared, dried, stock31%, 21%, 3%55% in total. The dried share carries most of the protein the kibble ends up with.
Sweet potato26%The main starch.
Peas6%
Potato, beet pulpBeet pulp is the fibre behind 4.3% of dry matter.
LinseedPlant omega, with the seed's fibre and lignans.
Omega 3 supplementSource not named on the label.
Minerals
Herbs: marjoram, basil, oregano, sage, thyme, parsley0.3%Seasoning, but all six named.
FOS, MOS96 mg/kg, 24 mg/kgA prebiotic pair, quantified.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, trace minerals all in sulphate form with a dose printed against each, and selenium as sodium selenite, the commoner and less readily absorbed form.

The omega 3 supplement's source is not named, so this cannot be promised fish free for a strict exclusion diet.

Named ingredients

Chicken 55% (including Freshly Prepared Chicken 31%, Dried Chicken 21% & Chicken Stock 3%), Sweet Potato (26%), Peas (6%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Herbs (0.3% including Marjoram, Basil, Oregano, Sage, Thyme, Parsley), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg)

Against the range

A single chicken recipe with the 55% meat share split into fresh, dried and stock. Sweet potato, peas and potato carry the starch, and there is no cereal anywhere on the label.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

43%

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

34%

Added water

21%

Carbs

41.7%

Other

3.3%

Pricing & size