Europa

Europa Super Food 65/35: English Country Duck review

Name: Europa Super Food 65/35: English Country Duck
Brand: Europa

69.2/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Eight grain-free kibbles that put 65% into the animal and say so in the name, from Angus beef to Italian buffalo. Each label splits its meat into fresh and dried shares, so the headline is never one vague number. Five sit in our Excellent band, the buffalo in Outstanding, and the lamb and duck in Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want most of the bowl to be meat
Dogs kept off cereal
Rotation feeders, with eight animals to move between
Active dogs: protein reaches 44.0% of dry matter on the turkey
Owners watching the plant load

Worth watching

The turkey recipe includes pork at 22%
The buffalo also carries dried beef and dried lamb
Seven labels give no percentages for the plant side

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

How this scores

How we score

69.2/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The maker's chart puts a 15kg dog at 175 to 195 grams a day; check the calcium figure on the lamb or duck if your dog has had urinary stones.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Italian Buffalo 81.4
Free Range Turkey 77.3
Scottish Salmon Light 73.7
British Free Range Chicken 73.0
Angus Beef 72.4
Scottish Salmon 72.4
English Country Duck 69.2
British Grass Fed Lamb 68.0

Eight recipes across Outstanding and Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Most of the line clears the typical dry food on its meat share and low carbohydrate, the buffalo leads, and elsewhere your dog's taste in meat can settle it.

What's in it

Freshly prepared English country duck35%Most of its water goes off in the oven.
Duck30%Comes in near the weight it keeps, so the bag is meat led as well as the front.
Parsnip, beetroot, orangeNamed, with no percentage printed.
Asparagus, pumpkin
Other functional ingredientsNot itemised on this label.

Calcium converts to 2.39% of dry matter, second only to the lamb.

Named ingredients

Duck 65% (Freshly Prepared English Country Duck 35%, Duck 30%), Parsnip*, Beetroot*, Orange*, Asparagus*, Pumpkin*, Other Functional Ingredients (chart labels; the starred vegetables carry no printed percentages)

Against the range

Carbohydrate, dry matter: 38.6%; Highest in the range; the turkey is 20.7%.
Protein, dry matter: 30.4%; Near the bottom; only the lamb is lower.
Band: Good; Shared with the lamb; most of the range is Excellent.

A genuine change of direction for a dog weary of the usual birds.

Every recipe splits 65% animal and 35% plant. The animal share is 35% freshly prepared meat plus a dried share, so the meat leads in the bag as well as on the front. No cereal appears in any recipe, and carbohydrate runs from 20.7% to 38.6% of dry matter against 46.2% typical for adult dry food.

Seven labels give the plant side as a chart of named items without percentages; the buffalo prints a full list with dosed joint and prebiotic extras. The turkey and buffalo carry more than one animal, and calcium varies widely, from 1.2% to 2.61% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

376 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

9.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

10.3%

Carbs

38.6%

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

65%

Veg

25.5%

Other

9.5%

Pricing & size