Europa

Europa 80/20 Grain Free review

Name: Europa 80/20 Grain Free
Brand: Europa

75.3/100Excellent

DryPuppyAdult

Flavour

The brand's meat-heaviest shelf, and all three recipes land in our Excellent band. Each declares 80% of the bag as named animals, so protein runs at 38% and starch stays low. The real choice between them is the animals: all fish, no fish, or poultry with some fish.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working and sporting dogs, with as much as 406 kcal in every 100g
Dogs kept low on starch: estimated carbohydrate stops between 26.6% and 29.9% of dry matter
A pup, a grown dog and an old one fed from a single bag
Joints to look after, with glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin dosed in print
One fish-fed dog and one that eats red meat in the same house

Worth watching

None is built on a single species, so none suits an elimination trial
Dense recipes, and portions need watching for a dog whose exercise is a lap of the park
Calcium on the poultry and fish reads 1.63% of dry matter, too high for a large-breed puppy

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

How this scores

How we score

75.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. For a big dog still growing, pick the fish or the Land and Air over the poultry and fish.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Land 76.9
Europa 80/20 Grain Free 75.3
Poultry 74.8

All three Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Three strong bowls by the standards of this shelf, a whisker apart, with the Land and Air just ahead.

What's in it

Freshly prepared salmon31%Largely water until cooked.
Dried salmon, dried herring19%, 9%The entries doing the real protein work.
Freshly prepared Scottish salmon, haddock, trout9%, 5%, 5%
Salmon stock2%
Sweet potato9.5%Leads the vegetable medley.
Tapioca, beet pulpTapioca is the one filler here: starch and little else, with little room to matter at this meat level.
Lentils, chickpeas, dried carrot, spinach, pumpkinLentils and chickpeas bring fibre and minerals.
Minerals, linseedPlant omega 3.
MOS, FOS, joint pack260 mg/kg each; glucosamine and MSM 178 mg/kg, chondroitin 125 mg/kgDosed in print.
Yucca extract, seaweed, apple, marigold, cranberry, herbs and botanicalsSeaweed is a real iodine source; yucca makes the stools less pungent.

Zinc partly as an amino acid chelate and iron partly chelated with protein hydrolysates, plus methionine and L-carnitine. No copper or selenium is listed.

Named ingredients

80% Fish: Freshly Prepared Salmon (31%), Dried Salmon (19%), Dried Herring (9%), Freshly Prepared Scottish Salmon (9%), Freshly Prepared Haddock (5%), Freshly Prepared Trout (5%), Salmon Stock (2%); 18% Vegetable Medley: Sweet Potato (9.5%), Tapioca, Beet Pulp, Lentils, Chickpeas, Dried Carrot, Dried Spinach, Dried Pumpkin; Minerals, Additional Extras, Fruits, Herbs & Botanical Mix: Linseed, Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 260 mg/kg), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 260 mg/kg), Joint Pack (Glucosamine 178 mg/kg, Methylsulfonylmethane 178 mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 125 mg/kg), Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Apple, Dried Seaweed, Dried Marigold, Dried Cranberry, Mixed Herbs (Thyme, Marjoram, Oregano, Parsley, Sage), Dried Camomile, Burdock Root, Aniseed & Fenugreek, Dried Peppermint, Green Tea Extract, Dried Dandelion, Dried Bilberry, Ginseng

Against the range

Animals: Fish only: salmon, herring, haddock, trout; Land and Air has no fish; the poultry and fish mixes both.
Energy: 406 kcal per 100g; Densest of the three; the poultry and fish is 382.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 27.1%; 26.6% to 29.9% across the three.

The obvious one for a dog that stays off land meats altogether.

Each label declares 80% named animals, itemised species by species with a percentage against each, and an 18% vegetable medley led by sweet potato. Fresh meat tops every list, so the dried entries behind it do more work than their smaller figures suggest. Protein converts to 41.3% of dry matter on all three.

The joint pack, the two prebiotics and the long botanical tail are the same on every recipe. What varies is the animals, the fat (15.5% on the poultry and fish, 19% on the others) and the mineral panel, where zinc, iodine and selenium differ.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

406 kcal/100g

Protein

38%

Fat

19%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

41.3%

Fat

20.7%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

27.1%

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

100%

Pricing & size