Lukullus

Lukullus Adult Dry: Charolais Beef & Trout review

Name: Lukullus Adult Dry: Charolais Beef & Trout
Brand: Lukullus

65.3/100Good

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

65.3/100Good

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

Dried beef26%Charolais beef, the largest meat share in the range.
Rice, maize13% each
Dried trout13%
Rapeseed oil5%The main fat.
Seaweed meal, linseed4.7% linseedIodine and plant omega 3.
Apple pomace, beet pulp, herb mix, sunflower oil4%, 3.5% herbs
Egg powder, hemp seed1.5% hemp
Hydrolysed poultry liverThe bird is not named.
Minerals, green-lipped mussel extract, yucca, blueberries0.5% mussel, 0.3% blueberries

Hydrolysed poultry liver names no bird, a check for a dog that reacts to chicken.

Named ingredients

Dried beef (26%), rice (13%), maize (13%), dried trout (13%), rapeseed oil (5%), seaweed meal, linseed (4.7%), dried apple pomace (4%), dried beet pulp, herb mix (3.5%), sunflower oil, egg powder, hemp seed (1.5%), hydrolysed poultry liver, minerals, green-lipped mussel extract (0.5%), yucca schidigera extract, blueberries (0.3%).

Against the range

Meat: Beef 26%, trout 13%; The meatiest label of the three.
Protein, dry matter: 28.3%; Highest; Angus 27.1%.
Ash, dry matter: 4.9%; The lightest; Barbary 8.6%.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 51.6%; The highest in the range.

The meatiest label and the lightest mineral load, and the least costly to feed of the three.

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

342 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

4.5%

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

4.9%

Carbs

51.6%

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

43%

Carbs

31%

Veg

8.6%

Oils

6.6%

Other

10.7%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £4.33 (RRP)
Pack: New Recipe! 1.5kg, New Recipe! Economy Pack: 4 x 1.5kg, New Recipe! 10kg
A 15kg dog eats (our estimate): 220 to 265 g a day, 245 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £1.06

Good value for what is in the recipe.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.