Lukullus

Lukullus Junior Tins: Chicken & Veal review

Name: Lukullus Junior Tins: Chicken & Veal
Brand: Lukullus

76.5/100Excellent

WetPuppyAdult

Flavour

A meat and offal tin listed for puppies and adults alike, so one recipe can carry a dog through the change. Calcium is declared at 1.2% of dry matter, and for a puppy heading for a big frame that matters more than anything else here. Two tins sit in our Excellent band, the poultry one in Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies expected to grow large, with calcium printed for you to check
Owners who want animal parts named: heart, liver, tripe, gizzards, neck
Feeding the puppy and the grown dog from one tin
Puppies kept off chicken. The Turkey Hearts & Lamb tin has no chicken in it
Changeable appetites, with three recipes on the same underlying build

Worth watching

Poultry & Game names neither animal to species, so it will not do for an exclusion diet
Turkey Hearts & Lamb is mostly lamb: 51% against 15% turkey heart
One analysis panel for all three, so the printed figures never change between flavours

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

How this scores

How we score

76.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies and adults of every size. A growing puppy eats close to adult amounts well before reaching adult weight, so check the chart against the dog's expected size.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy, Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Turkey Hearts 77.3
Chicken 76.5
Poultry 65.4

Three recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The chicken and lamb tins edge ahead on how cleanly their meat is named, and the Poultry & Game's Good result still means a sound dinner on a shelf this strong.

What's in it

Chicken: heart, meat, liver, gizzards, neck33%Organ meat brings the iron and copper a growing dog needs.
Veal: heart, meat, liver, lung33%
Meat stock26.5%Declared as stock, not passed off as water.
Carrots3%
Oats3%The only grain.
Minerals1%
Linseed oil0.5%Plant omega 3.

Vitamin D3, biotin, zinc, manganese and iodine, each with a dose per kilo. No vitamin E is listed.

Named ingredients

Ingredients, Chicken & Veal with Oats, Carrots and Linseed Oil: 33% chicken (heart, meat, liver, gizzards, neck), 33% veal, (heart, meat, liver, lung) 26.5% meat stock, 3% carrots, 3% oats, 1% minerals, 0.5% linseed oil

Against the range

Meat: 33% chicken, 33% veal; Poultry and game, or lamb with turkey heart, on the others.
Plants: Carrots and oats; Sweet potato and blueberries, or millet and apple.
Oil: Linseed; Sunflower or safflower on the others.

The mildest pairing of the three, and a sensible first tin for a puppy new to wet food.

Each tin pairs two animals, with organ parts itemised, and meat stock at 26.4% or 26.5% declared as stock. Together they put around two thirds of the tin into animal. A small plant side of 3% each, 1% minerals and one named oil at 0.5% finish every list.

One analysis panel covers all three, so protein, fat, calories and the calcium figure of 1.2% of dry matter read the same on every tin. What changes is the pairing, the plants and the oil: linseed, sunflower or safflower.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

113.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10.5%

Fat

6.8%

Fibre

0.3%

Ash

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

42%

Fat

27.2%

Fibre

1.2%

Ash

Carbs

21.6%

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

33%

Added water

26.5%

Carbs

Veg

Oils

33.5%

Other

Pricing & size