Europa

Europa Adult Nutrition Chicken & Rice review

Name: Europa Adult Nutrition Chicken & Rice
Brand: Europa

56.4/100Good

DryAdult

A plain, old-fashioned kibble that makes no secret of it, sitting in our Good band. Dried chicken leads, with rice, barley and oats behind. Nothing here is grain free or fashionable, and nothing pretends to be.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A settled adult that has always got on with rice-based kibble
Dogs that need a lighter dinner, at fat 8% and 348 kcal per 100g
Homes with several dogs, since one table covers toy to giant
Dogs that do better with cereal in the bowl
Owners who want the chicken quantified: 29%, including 26% dried

Worth watching

Dried fish with no species named
Carbohydrate at 55.4% of dry matter, against 46.2% typical
Barley and oats bring gluten into the bowl
Protein at 26.1% of dry matter, so a very active dog needs a bigger portion

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

How this scores

How we score

56.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Within the table's span for your dog's weight, let its shape decide the amount.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Europa Adult Nutrition Chicken & Rice 56.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A middle-of-the-market kibble by our reading: honest labelling lifts it, and cereal starch with a modest protein figure holds it down.

What's in it

Chicken: dried chicken, chicken fat29% (26% and 3%)Weighed dry, so nearly the whole 26% reaches the kibble as protein.
Rice26%About as easy a grain as a dog can be given once cooked.
BarleyGluten as well as fibre.
OatsMore fibre, plus manganese and B vitamins.
Beet pulp2%For firm stools.
Dried fishNo species. Palatability and marine protein.
Brewers yeastA rich natural source of B vitamins.
Minerals
Yucca extract190 mg/kgTakes the edge off what is left in the garden.

Fully dosed as ordinary sulphates, with selenium as sodium selenite at 0.3 mg/kg, the form a dog absorbs less readily.

Named ingredients

Chicken 29% (including Dried Chicken 26% & Chicken Fat 3%), Rice (26%), Barley, Oats, Beet Pulp (2%), Dried Fish, Brewers Yeast, Minerals, Yucca Extract (190 mg/kg)

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

348 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

5.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

Carbs

55.4%

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

36.7%

Carbs

58.1%

Other

5.2%

Pricing & size