Eukanuba Small Breed Adult Dog Food
January 12, 2009
Filed under Dog Food Reviews, Eukanuba
Eukanuba Small Breed Adult Dog Food
Eukanuba dog food is made and manufactured by, Procter and Gamble. Eukanuba dog food comes in many different formulas.
Eukanuba Small Breed Adult Dog Food Review
As with all dog food recipes the first thing we are going to look at are the first five ingredients. The first five ingredients are a good indication of the quality of the dog food. When looking at the first five ingredients you want to make sure there is plenty of meat and grains are minimal.
Eukanuba Small Breed Adult Dog Food First Five Ingredients:
- Chicken
- Chicken By-Products
- Corn Meal
- Ground Whole Grain Sorghum
- Brewers Rice
Chicken is the first ingredient in this recipe. This ingredient is inclusive of its water content. Meaning that once the water is removed and this ingredients becomes a dried ingredient it will weigh significantly less, thus making it fall further in the ingredients list.
Chicken By-Products is the second ingredient. This ingredient is impossible to determine the actual quality of. The AAFCO definition of chicken by-product meal is “a meal consisting of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice.”
Corn Meal is the third ingredient. Some believe that’s dog’s digestive systems have a hard time digesting this ingredient. Corn in excess has also been linked to many cases of dog allergies.
Sorghum, the fourth ingredient is primarily a filler and offers an additional source of carbohydrates. We feel there are better sources of carbohydrates. Sorghum is a lower quality ingredient.
Brewer’s rice is the fifth ingredient and is a lower quality grain and is also considered a by-product.
Eukanuba Small Breed Adult Dog Food First Full Ingredients:
Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Brewers Rice, Chicken Fat (Preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Fish Meal, Ground Whole Grain Barley, Natural Chicken Flavor, Dried Beet Pulp (Sugar Removed), Dried Egg Product, Fish Oil (Preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Brewers Dried Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Source of Vitamin B1), Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (Source of Vitamin B2), Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Source of Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid], Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Flax Meal, Calcium Carbonate, Choline Chloride, Minerals [Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Carbonate], DL-Methionine, Rosemary Extract.
Eukanuba Small Breed Adult Dog Food Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein not less than………………. 28.00 %
Crude Fat not less than………………. 18.00 %
Crude Fiber not more than ………………. 4.00 %
Moisture not more than ………………. 10.00 %
Vitamin E not less than ………………. 140 IU/kg
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) not less than………………. 0.05 %*
Omega-6 Fatty Acids not less than………………. 2.0 %*
Omega-3 Fatty Acids not less than ………………. 0.4 %*
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
Review
Why is Eukanuba so darn hard to find!! We live in a small town and have to drive to Asheville to find it! That is very inconvenient.