Eukanuba German Shepherd Adult Dry Dog Food Chicken

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Eukanuba German Shepherd Adult Dry Dog Food Chicken

DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
27/ 100
WeakTied 669th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • About 51% carbs (dry weight)
  • Includes digest or flavouring

First ingredients: Dried chicken and turkey (24% including chicken 14%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate and taurine), maize… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
28%
Protein, dry weight
26%
Carbs, dry weight
~51%
kcal/100 g
376

Ingredients

Listed first: Dried chicken and turkey. 28% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 28%
  • Plants 2.8%
  • Other 0.9%
  • No amount given 68.3%

Dried chicken and turkey (24% including chicken 14%, a natural source of glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate and taurine), maize, rice, wheat, pork fat, fresh chicken (4%), dried beet pulp (2.8%), chicken gravy, minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.38%), dried whole egg, fructooligosaccharides (0.52%, a natural prebiotic), fish oil (a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids), linseed, glucosamine (from animal tissues) (450mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate (45mg/kg)

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

Nutritional Additives: Vitamins/KG: vitamin A: 44858IU, vitamin C: 56mg, vitamin D3: 1488IU, vitamin E: 249mg, beta-carotene: 5mg, L-carnitine: 50mg. Trace Elements: copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate (copper): 14mg, potassium iodide (iodine): 2.7mg, manganous sulphate monohydrate (manganese): 41mg, zinc oxide (zinc): 120mg, iron (II) sulphate monohydrate (iron): 72mg, sodium selenite (selenium): 0.11mg. Supplemented levels added at time of manufacture Flavouring compounds: organic rosemary extract: 17mg, tea extract: 8.5mg Antioxidants: (natural) tocopherol extracts from vegetable oil: 34mg

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Dried chicken and turkey”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Dried chicken and turkey (24% including chicken 14%, a natu…Named meat24%
maizeGrainNot given
riceGrainNot given
wheatGrainNot given
pork fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
fresh chicken (4%)Named meat4%
dried beet pulp (2.8%)Vegetable, fruit or plant2.8%
chicken gravyFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.38%)Other0.4%
dried whole eggOtherNot given
fructooligosaccharides (0.52%, a natural prebiotic)Other0.5%
fish oil (a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
linseedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
glucosamine (from animal tissues) (450mg/kg)OtherNot given
chondroitin sulphate (45mg/kg)OtherNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 26% and carbs about 51%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein23%26%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat13%14%
Carbohydrate~46%~51%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre1.7%1.9%
Ash6.6%7.3%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy376 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 27

The kind of meat scored best (8.9 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.1 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    10.7 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label9.8 / 35 points

      28% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.9 / 10 points

      Protein is 25.6% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    3.1 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 50.8% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for digest or flavouring.

  4. What kind of meat?

    8.9 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed8.9 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as dried and fresh, which earns 74% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.

    • Organ meat0 / 3 points

      No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Tied 669th of 1,171 dry foods. 30 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

How we rate foods →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 51% to 31% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

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Ingredient notes

Nothing flagged in 28 ingredients.

28 ingredients with nothing flagged

Animal fats, beet pulp, beta-carotene (provitamin A), broth (meat stock), chicken, chondroitin, egg, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, l-carnitine, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), minerals, poultry, rice, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamins, wheat

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Pets at Home12kg · £38.99 up 11% since 10 Aug12kg£38.99£3.25/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.

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4 Oct 2026Pets at Home12kg£38.99£3.25/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home12kg£35.09£2.92/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home12kg£35.09£2.92/kg

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Alternatives

2 dry foods score 22 to 30 points higher and cost up to 19% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
73% this food 28%
Carbs
about 24% this food about 51%
To feed
19% more per 1,000 kcal

+30 pointsCompare

Meat
59% this food 28%
Carbs
about 33% this food about 51%
To feed
49% less per 1,000 kcal

+22 pointsCompare

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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