Lukullus

Lukullus Adult Pouches Grain Free: Duck & Veal review

Name: Lukullus Adult Pouches Grain Free: Duck & Veal
Brand: Lukullus

78.9/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

Three Excellent pouches with a label that tells you which parts of the animal went in. Beef à la Provençale lists 65% beef as meat, heart, lung and tripe. Where most wet food gives a species and a percentage, these give the cuts.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept to red meat: the Provençale names beef as its only declared animal
Owners who want organ meat itemised, cut by cut
Dogs off grain, with potato or sweet potato the only starch
Adults and older dogs alike, as all three are fed into the senior years
A measured serving in a 300g pouch

Worth watching

Stock at up to 27.8% with no animal named, an open entry on an elimination diet
Poultry is a category, so the Poultry and Lamb pouch could carry chicken, duck, goose or turkey
Potatoes in the Poultry and Lamb title, sweet potato in its ingredients

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

How this scores

How we score

78.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. For an elimination plan, remember the stock is not tied to an animal.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Beef à La Provençale 79.0
Duck 78.9
Poultry 71.8

All three Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All three pouches stand level with the middle of a strong adult wet market, on meat-heavy recipes and unusually frank labels.

What's in it

Veal: heart, lung, tripe36%All organ cuts.
Duck: heart, stomach, neck30%The only pouch to carry duck by name.
Stock26.5%Unnamed animal.
Sweet potato3%
Apple3%
Minerals1%
Linseed oil0.5%One of the better plant sources of omega 3.

Vitamins D3 and E with biotin, zinc, manganese and iodine, each dosed.

Named ingredients

Duck & Veal with Sweet Potatoes, Apple & Linseed Oil, 36% veal (heart, lung, tripe), 30% duck (heart, stomach, neck), 26.5% stock, 3% sweet potato, 3% apple, 1% minerals, 0.5% linseed oil

Against the range

Meat: 36% veal, 30% duck; 65% beef; 33% poultry with 32% lamb
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 17.0%; 21.6% and 12.1%
Added oil: Linseed oil; Olive oil, grapeseed oil

The pouch to pick for a dog that does well on duck, with a plant omega 3 on top.

Every pouch declares its animal content by cut, so heart, lung, liver, tripe, gizzards and neck are itemised. Stock is the second entry each time, between 25.8% and 27.8%, and it is the one part of the lists left unnamed.

The plant side is thin and grain free, with potato or sweet potato at 5% or less as the only starch, and estimated carbohydrate runs from 12.1% to 21.6% of dry matter. The added oils differ by recipe: olive, linseed and grapeseed. Additive panels are dosed on every pouch but not identical.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

112 kcal/100g

Protein

10.5%

Fat

6.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.4%

Moisture

76%

Dry weight

Protein

43.8%

Fat

27.1%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

10%

Carbs

17%

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

66%

Added water

26.5%

Carbs

Veg

Oils

0.5%

Other

Pricing & size