Eukanuba Adult Small Bites Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn, Wheat, Chicken Fat. 3 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 43.6%, above the 38.51% average across the foods we hold.
Reasonable protein and a fairly typical starch load. Comfortably mid-range for a dry food.
How we got to 64
Five things, one hundred points, and the reason for every one. We would rather show our working than ask you to trust a number.
26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.
Estimated, 6% ash assumed.
Count of named animal proteins.
Matched against the flag list.
Manufacturer, not recipe.
The numbers, without the water
Percentages on a bag include the water in the food, so a wet food always looks lower than a dry one. Taking the water out puts any two foods on the same footing. This one is 90% dry matter.
That is 5.1 points above average, so proportionally more of the bag is starch.
Everything on the label
Printed exactly as the manufacturer lists it, heaviest ingredient first. A dog food needs very little salt, so the 10 ingredients listed after salt are present in even smaller amounts. That is the salt divider, and it is why we only weigh the top of the list.
Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn, Wheat, Chicken Fat, Ground Grain Sorghum, Natural Flavors, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Egg Product, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., Fructooligosaccharides, Calcium Carbonate, Fish Oil, Choline Chloride, Vitamins [Dl-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (Source Of Vitamin E), Biotin, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Acetate, Niacin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid], Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Trace Minerals [Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate], Magnesium Oxide, Rosemary Extract, Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols And Citric Acid
What those first ingredients actually are
The top of the list is most of the food by weight, so it is worth knowing what each one is. Green marks a named animal protein.
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most of which is driven off during…
Chicken By-Product Meal
A concentrated meal rendered from the parts of the chicken left after the flesh is removed, such as organs and frames, excluding feathers and feet.
Corn
The kernel of the corn plant, used ground or as separated fractions.
Wheat
The grain of the wheat plant, one of the most widely grown cereals.
Chicken Fat
Fat rendered from chicken tissue, used as an energy source and to make the food more appealing.
How much of this to feed
A starting point, worked out from the resting energy formula vets use and this food's own calorie density. Every dog is different, so watch their weight and adjust. Your vet's advice beats a calculator.
How it compares
Same figures, same method, put next to another recipe from Eukanuba and the archive average.
| Metric | This recipe | Eukanuba Adult Large Breed Chicken… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 64 | 53 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 27.8% | 25.6% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 43.6% | 49.0% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 3 of 5 | 2 of 5 | -- |
Recall history
Recalls are matched to the manufacturer, not this exact recipe. A recall on a different product still tells you something about the plant it came from.
We have not matched any FDA recall to Eukanuba. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes.
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