Lukullus

Lukullus Adult Dry: Angus Beef & Duck review

Name: Lukullus Adult Dry: Angus Beef & Duck
Brand: Lukullus

65.6/100Good

Cold pressedAdultSenior

Flavour

Three cold-pressed recipes with a European kitchen behind them, all in our Good band. The meat naming is unusually specific: Angus and Charolais cattle, Barbary duck. These are steady, moderate bowls, built to be fed easily every day.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog that could lose a little, fat between 10.3% and 10.9% of dry matter
Gulpers. Cold-pressed pellets crumble once wet and do not swell
Adults and older dogs alike
A joint extra, every recipe carrying a mussel extract
Variety in carbohydrate, from millet to sweet potato across the range

Worth watching

Unnamed poultry fat and poultry liver on two recipes, which cannot anchor a strict elimination diet
Egg powder in two of the three
More carbohydrate than the typical cold-pressed food, which sits at 43.2%

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

How this scores

How we score

65.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. If your dog reacts to chicken, turkey or goose, the Angus Beef & Duck is the one label without an unnamed bird.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Barbary Duck 67.2
Angus Beef 65.6
Charolais Beef 65.3

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named meats with printed percentages earn the band, and the carbohydrate share and unnamed poultry entries stop them climbing within it.

What's in it

Angus beef, dried and ground19.3%Dried before pressing, so it stands for far more fresh meat.
Wholegrain rice19%
Duck meat, dried and ground12%
Potatoes
Linseed, milletMillet is gluten free and easy on digestion.
Herbs, white fish oil, seaweed, rapeseed oilFish oil and seaweed bring omega 3 and iodine.
Beet pulp, dried peat, yucca, fennel seed, apples
Medicinal clay
Mussel meat extract (Perna canaliculus)The joint extra.
Algal limeCalcium from seaweed.

The only recipe that publishes its full panel: B vitamins, vitamin C and choline, with manganese, copper and zinc as oxides.

The only label in the range with no unnamed poultry entry.

Named ingredients

Complete food for adult dogs of all breeds. 19.3% beef (from Angus beef, dried and ground), 19% wholegrain rice (ground), 12% duck meat (dried and ground), potatoes, linseed, millet (ground), herbs (dried), white fish oil, seaweed (dried), rapeseed oil, beet pulp, dried peat, yucca schidigera (dried and ground), fennel seed, apples (dried), medicinal clay, mussel meat extract from Perna canaliculus, algal lime

Against the range

Meat: Angus beef 19.3%, duck 12%; Barbary duck 21%; Charolais beef 26%.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 47.7%; The lowest; Charolais 51.6%.
Unusual extras: Millet, dried peat, medicinal clay, algal lime; Only on this recipe.

The cleanest label of the three for a poultry-sensitive dog.

Each recipe is cold pressed and leads on a dried, ground, named meat, with the cattle or duck often named down to the breed. Because the water came out before pressing, those percentages stand for a good deal more fresh meat than they look. Protein lands between 27.1% and 28.3% of dry matter and fat stays modest, 10.3% to 10.9%.

Rice, maize, millet, potato and sweet potato share out the carbohydrate, which converts to between 47.7% and 51.6% of dry matter. Linseed, seaweed and yucca run through all three, and each carries a mussel extract. No label declares moisture, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

327.9 kcal/100g

Protein

24.9%

Fat

9.9%

Fibre

5.9%

Ash

7.4%

Dry weight

Protein

27.1%

Fat

10.8%

Fibre

6.4%

Ash

Carbs

47.7%

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

31.4%

Carbs

52.6%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

2.9%

Other

11.4%

Pricing & size