Eukanuba Special Care Adult Mono-Protein Lamb

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Eukanuba Special Care Adult Mono-Protein Lamb

DryCompleteAdultGrain-free
33/ 100
WeakTop 42% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

  • One animal protein: lamb
  • No ingredient deductions
  • About 48% carbs (dry weight)
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre
  • Includes digest or flavouring

First ingredients: Fresh frozen lamb (24%), lamb meal (19%), whole peas, pea starch, potatoes… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
43%
Protein, dry weight
26%
Carbs, dry weight
~48%
kcal/100 g
336

Ingredients

Listed first: Fresh frozen lamb. 43% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 43%
  • Plants 13%
  • Other 2.4%
  • No amount given 41.6%

Fresh frozen lamb (24%), lamb meal (19%), whole peas, pea starch, potatoes, sweet potatoes (10%), dried sugar beet pulp (3%), lamb gravy (2%), linseeds, minerals, fructo-oligosaccharides (0.26%, a natural prebiotic), mannan-oligosaccharides (0.15%, a natural prebiotic)

Meat named animal protein

Additives

per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (15,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1500 IU), vitamin E (250mg), beta-carotene (5mg), L-carnitine (50mg), taurine (500mg), iron [ferrous(II)-amino acid chelate hydrate] (50mg), copper [cupric(II)-amino acid chelate hydrate] (5mg), zinc [amino acid zinc chelate hydrate] (62.5mg), manganese [amino acid manganous chelate hydrate] (10mg), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (1.5mg). Technological additives: Antioxidants: tocopherol-rich extracts from vegetable oil (7mg). Sensory additives: Flavourings: rosemary extract.

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Fresh frozen lamb”. It names the animal.

On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Fresh frozen lamb (24%)Named meat24%
lamb meal (19%)Named meat19%
whole peasVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
pea starchVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
potatoesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
sweet potatoes (10%)Vegetable, fruit or plant10%
dried sugar beet pulp (3%)Vegetable, fruit or plant3%
lamb gravy (2%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient2%
linseedsVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
mineralsOtherNot given
fructo-oligosaccharides (0.26%, a natural prebiotic)Other0.3%
mannan-oligosaccharides (0.15%, a natural prebiotic).Other0.1%

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Nutrition

Protein 26% and carbs about 48%, with the water taken out.

As soldDry weight
Protein23.5%26%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat12%13%
Carbohydrate~43%~48%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.9%3.2%
Ash8.3%9.2%
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.

Energy336 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 33

The kind of meat scored best (9.3 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    16.1 / 45
    • Meat on the label15.1 / 35

      43% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1 / 10

      Protein is 26.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    4 / 20

    About 48.1% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    4 / 20

    Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and digest or flavouring.

  4. What kind of meat?

    9.3 / 15
    • How the meat is listed9.3 / 12

      The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 78% 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

      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

Top 42% of dry foods. 36 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 48% 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 25 ingredients.

25 ingredients with nothing flagged

Antioxidants, beet pulp, beta-carotene (provitamin A), broth (meat stock), flavourings (unspecified), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), l-carnitine, lamb, linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, peas, potato, rosemary, starch, sweet potato, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E)

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, 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: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

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

ShopPackPricePer kg
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg · £112.99Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg£112.99£4.71/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK12kg · £57.3912kg£57.39£4.78/kgVisit
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 2.3kg · £23.19 up 16% since 10 AugEconomy Pack: 2 x 2.3kg£23.19£5.04/kgVisit
Zooplus UK2.3kg · £12.29 up 15% since 10 Aug2.3kg£12.29£5.34/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK up 16%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK12kg£57.39£4.78/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK2.3kg£12.29£5.34/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£112.99£4.71/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 2.3kg£23.19£5.04/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK12kg£57.39£4.78/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK2.3kg£12.29£5.34/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£112.99£4.71/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 2.3kg£23.19£5.04/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK12kg£57.79£4.82/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK2.3kg£10.69£4.65/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£113.99£4.75/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 2.3kg£19.99£4.35/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 24 to 27 points higher and cost up to 22% more.

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Carbs
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Carbs
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Carbs
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Carbs
about 24% this food about 48%
To feed
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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: Zooplus UK.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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