Eukanuba Lamb & Rice Senior Review

Eukanuba Dry Dog Food Review


Quick Analysis

Ingredients:

Nutrition:

Potential Allergens: lamb, seafood, corn and eggs

Est. Calories: 358 cal/100g

Price: $$

Overall, Eukanuba Lamb & Rice Senior is a significantly below average dog food, earning 4 out of a possible 10 paws based on its nutritional analysis and ingredient list.


Ingredient Analysis

When evaluating a dog food, the first five ingredients can tell you a lot about the quality of a product as they make up the bulk of the product. Ideally, you're looking for quality protein sources with a minimum of cheap starches, fillers or by-products. Continuing down the ingredient list, look for ingredients that resemble real food with a minimal number of unpronounceable chemicals - the same as you would for human food.

Eukanuba Lamb & Rice Senior includes the following:

Quality Ingredients

  • lamb
  • lamb meal

Questionable Ingredients

  • brewers rice
  • corn meal
  • chicken by-product meal

Potential Allergens

  • lamb
  • corn meal
  • fish meal
  • dried egg product
  • lamb meal

Note - a bolded ingredient in the above tables indicates it is one of the first five ingredients listed by the product manufacturer.

In this case, Eukanuba Lamb & Rice Senior's most plentiful ingredient listed is lamb, which is considered a quality protein source.

However, this product also lists chicken by-product meal within its top ingredients. By-products are typically considered inferior, lesser quality ingredients.

Additionally, Eukanuba Lamb & Rice Senior also contains as top ingredients brewers rice and corn meal. These types of ingredients are typically used as bulk-adding fillers and are not required in your dog's diet. However, they are sometimes used to help maintain the kibble shape in dry foods.

Allergen alert: This product contains lamb, lamb meal, fish meal, corn meal and dried egg product which may be problematic for dogs who suffer from lamb, seafood, corn or eggs food allergies.



Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Eukanuba Lamb & Rice Senior has:

  • significantly less protein than average
  • significantly more carbohydrates than average
  • significantly less fat than average
  • an average amount of fiber
In general, dogs have been shown to do better with a higher protein, medium fat, lower carb diet with sufficient moisture. However, specialty diets as recommended by your veterinarian may prioritize a different nutritional breakdown.

Calorie Breakdown

Using the calculations provided by the AAFCO, Eukanuba Lamb & Rice Senior has approximately 358 calories per 100g (101 calories/ounce), which is an average amount of calories compared to the average of the other dry dog foods in the DogFoodDB.


All the product information on this page is based on data collected from the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on June 3, 2017.


Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:

Lamb, Brewers Rice, Corn Meal, Chicken By-Product Meal (source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine), Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Fish Meal (source of fish oil), Ground Whole Grain Barley, Dried Egg Product, Dried Beet Pulp, Lamb Meal, Natural Flavor, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Brewers Dried Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Fructooligosaccharides, Salt, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide), Vitamins (Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (source of vitamin B2), Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), DL-Methionine, Vitamin E Supplement, Beta-Carotene, L-Carnitine, Citric Acid, Rosemary Extract


Guaranteed Analysis

Nutritional information as published by the dog food manufacturer.*

Protein: (min)
27.0%
Fat: (min)
12.0%
Fiber: (max)
5.0%
Carbs: (est)
46.0%
Ash: (est)
0.0%
Moisture: (max)
10.0%

Dry Matter Analysis

The manufacturer's published guaranteed analysis values normalized for moisture content.

Protein: (min)
30%
Fat: (min)
13%
Fiber: (max)
6%
Carbs: (est)
51%
Ash: (est)
0%
Calories: (est)
358/100g

*Note that some nutritional percentages reported are only estimated values, and are indicated as such as (est). Each dog food manufacturer is required by law to publish a Guaranteed Analysis, which defines each product's maximum values of fiber, moisture and ash in addition to the minimum values of protein and fat contained within. Exact nutritional percentages are not available and hence all calculated values (including carbohydrate percentages and calorie amounts) are determined using these minimum and maximum published values and therefore may differ from actual values.


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