Lukullus

Lukullus Senior Cold-Pressed: Angus Beef with Duck review

Name: Lukullus Senior Cold-Pressed: Angus Beef with Duck
Brand: Lukullus

67.9/100Good

Cold pressedAdultSenior

Written for older dogs, and it reads like it. The pellet is pressed, so warm water softens it in moments, and the beef is dried and ground, so 23.0% means meat. A herbal tail and a mussel extract round it off, and starch from rice, millet and potato holds it in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs with worn teeth, since a splash of warm water turns the pellet soft
Dogs on a joint watch, with green lipped mussel extract on the list
Owners who want vitamins and trace minerals itemised with doses
Beef-fed dogs who like a second animal, duck at 6%
One large older dog, with the food sold as a pair of 10kg bags

Worth watching

Rice and millet do the carrying, so it does not fit a grain-free routine
Fish oil at 5.0%, so not fish free
Mussel extract is shellfish

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

How this scores

How we score

67.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors. The label's own guide puts a 15kg dog at 225 to 305 grams a day; a dog that needs to hold muscle may want the upper end.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Angus Beef 67.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A named beef lead, an itemised vitamin panel and a real attempt at an older dog's needs carry it; the starch sets the ceiling.

What's in it

Angus beef, dried and ground23.0%Dried, so the figure counts meat and not water. The breed named is a rare bit of detail.
Whole rice23%The main carbohydrate.
Duck meat, dried and ground6%A second animal and a change of flavour.
Potatoes, ground millet5.0%Millet is an easy, gluten-free grain.
Flaxseed, dried herbs
Fish oil, rapeseed oil5.0%, 2.8%A generous fish oil inclusion.
Seaweed, beet pulpBeet pulp keeps things moving.
Dried peat, Yucca schidigeraPeat is an old European tradition, a source of humic material.
Fennel seed, dried apple0.4%, 0.2%
Green lipped mussel extract, algal limeNo figure for the mussel. Algal lime is a mineral form of calcium.

A fully itemised vitamin panel from vitamin E at 200mg a kilo down to biotin, plus zinc, copper, manganese and iodine, with diatomaceous earth as a technological additive.

No calcium figure among the printed analysis, though algal lime supplies it.

Named ingredients

Complete food for older dogs. 23.0% Angus beef (dried and ground), 23% whole rice, 6% duck meat (dried and ground), 5.0% potatoes, flaxseed, millet (ground), dried herbs, 5.0% fish oil, seaweed (dried), 2.8% rapeseed oil, beet pulp, dried peat, Yucca schidigera (dried and ground), 0.4% fennel seed, 0.2% apple (dried), mussel meat extract from Perna canaliculus, algal lime

Against the range

One cold-pressed recipe for older dogs. Angus beef leads at 23.0%, dried and ground, with whole rice at 23% and dried duck at 6% behind. Rice, millet and potato push carbohydrate to an estimated 51.0% of dry matter, and fish oil at 5.0% carries the omega fats. No moisture is declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

323.4 kcal/100g

Protein

21.7%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

6.2%

Ash

7.4%

Dry weight

Protein

23.6%

Fat

10.7%

Fibre

6.7%

Ash

Carbs

51%

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

29.9%

Carbs

43.4%

Veg

3.3%

Oils

7.8%

Other

15.7%

Pricing & size