Europa

Europa 60/40 Grain Free Puppy: Chicken & Turkey review

Name: Europa 60/40 Grain Free Puppy: Chicken & Turkey
Brand: Europa

73.5/100Excellent

DryPuppy

Flavour

Two grain-free puppy recipes in our Excellent band, one built on poultry and one on fish. What sets them apart is how much the label tells you: every fresh and dried portion carries its own percentage, and calcium is declared on both.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups headed for any adult size. Calcium sits at 1.3% of dry matter in one and 1.41% in the other
Owners avoiding cereal
Anyone who wants the meat itemised, portion by portion
Early joint support, with glucosamine and methylsulfonylmethane at 170 mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 125 mg/kg
Readers of the small print on gut support: FOS, MOS and nucleotides in both bags

Worth watching

Salmon in the poultry recipe too, so a pup kept off fish is served by neither
More than one species in each bag, which rules out a single-protein plan
An omega 3 supplement with no named source, the one vague line on either label

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

How this scores

How we score

73.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, and the declared calcium covers large breeds too. Portions climb as a pup grows, so start from the pack's chart and let body condition settle it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 73.5
Salmon 72.2

All two Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Neither bag leans on one strength: the itemised meat, the declared calcium and a sensible grain-free analysis carry both a step above the typical puppy food.

What's in it

Freshly prepared chicken, dried chicken20% and 14%The dried portion counts for more than its percentage.
Freshly prepared turkey, dried turkey7% each
Freshly prepared salmon, dried salmon7% and 3%Fish in the poultry recipe.
Chicken stock2%
Sweet potato22%The higher sweet potato share of the two bags.
PotatoWith the sweet potato, all of the binding. The starch is still real.
Linseed, omega 3 supplementLinseed is plant omega 3; the supplement names no source.
Beet pulp, mineralsModest fibre.
Carrot, peas0.2% and 0.07%Little more than a nod.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin, nucleotides, FOS, MOS170 mg/kg down to 24 mg/kgDosed and printed, which puppy labels rarely trouble to do.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium as sulphates and simple salts.

Salmon is on this label, so the poultry option is not fish free.

Named ingredients

Chicken, Turkey & Salmon 60% (including Freshly Prepared Chicken 20%, Dried Chicken 14%, Freshly Prepared Turkey 7%, Freshly Prepared Salmon 7%, Dried Turkey 7%, Dried Salmon 3% & Chicken Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (22%), Potato, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Beet Pulp, Minerals, Carrot (0.2%), Peas (0.07%), Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), Nucleotides, Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Animals on the label: Chicken, turkey, salmon; Salmon, haddock and white fish only.
Fat, dry matter: 16.3%; 14.1% on the fish recipe.
Energy: 384 kcal per 100g; 359 on the fish recipe.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.3%; 1.41% on the fish recipe.

The livelier of the two bags, for a pup that does well on poultry and has no trouble with fish.

Both recipes give 60% of the label to animal ingredients and itemise it into fresh and dried portions with a stock at the end. Dried meat and fish have already lost their water, so they count for more in the finished kibble than their percentages suggest. The other side is sweet potato then potato, with no cereal in either bag.

Beet pulp and linseed appear in both, and the supplement tail is the same: joint support and prebiotics printed to the milligram. Both labels declare calcium inside the growth range.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

384 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

41.9%

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

64.6%

Added water

Carbs

28.4%

Veg

0.2%

Other

3.8%

Pricing & size