Eukanuba Special Care Mono-Protein Adult with Salmon

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Eukanuba Special Care Mono-Protein Adult with Salmon

DryCompleteAdultGrain-free
30/ 100
WeakTied 569th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

  • One animal protein: fish
  • No ingredient deductions
  • About 49% carbs (dry weight)
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre
  • Includes digest or flavouring

First ingredients: Fresh frozen salmon (19%), salmon meal (19%), potatoes, whole peas, sweet potatoes (13%)… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
38%
Protein, dry weight
27%
Carbs, dry weight
~49%
kcal/100 g
342

Ingredients

Listed first: Fresh frozen salmon. 38% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 38%
  • Plants 16%
  • Other 2.4%
  • No amount given 43.6%

Fresh frozen salmon (19%), salmon meal (19%), potatoes, whole peas, sweet potatoes (13%), pea starch, sunflower oil, dried sugar beet pulp (3%), salmon sauce (2%), minerals, fructooligosaccharides (0.25%, a natural prebiotic), mannanoligosaccharides (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 [as iron (II) amino acid chelate hydrate] (50mg), copper [as copper (II) amino acid chelate hydrate] (5mg), zinc [as amino acid zinc chelate, hydrate] (62.5mg), manganese [as amino acid manganese chelate, hydrate] (10mg), iodine [as calcium iodate anhydrous] (1.5mg). Technological additives: Antioxidants: Tocopherol-rich extracts from vegetable oil (7mg). Sensory additives: Flavouring agents: Rosemary extract.

How we read this label

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

On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Fresh frozen salmon (19%)Named meat19%
salmon meal (19%)Named meat19%
potatoesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
whole peasVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
sweet potatoes (13%)Vegetable, fruit or plant13%
pea starchVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
sunflower oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
dried sugar beet pulp (3%)Vegetable, fruit or plant3%
salmon sauce (2%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient2%
mineralsOtherNot given
fructooligosaccharides (0.25%, a natural prebiotic)Other0.3%
mannanoligosaccharides (0.15%, a natural prebiotic).Other0.1%

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Nutrition

Protein 27% and carbs about 49%, with the water taken out.

As soldDry weight
Protein24%27%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat12%13%
Carbohydrate~44%~49%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.6%2.9%
Ash6.9%7.7%
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.

Energy342 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 30

The kind of meat scored best (9 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.5 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    14.4 / 45
    • Meat on the label13.3 / 35

      38% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1.1 / 10

      Protein is 26.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    3.5 / 20

    About 49.4% 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 / 15
    • How the meat is listed9 / 12

      The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 75% 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

Tied 569th of 1,171 dry foods. 43 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 49% 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 24 ingredients. 1 is not in our ingredient database yet.

24 ingredients with nothing flagged

Antioxidants, beet pulp, beta-carotene (provitamin A), flavourings (unspecified), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), l-carnitine, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, peas, potato, rosemary, salmon, starch, sunflower oil, 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
1 not in our ingredient database yet

Salmon sauce

Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.

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. Down 22% since 10 Aug.

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

ShopPackPricePer kg
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg · £84.29 down 22% since 10 AugEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£84.29£3.51/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK12kg · £42.99 down 21% since 10 Aug12kg£42.99£3.58/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 22%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK12kg£42.99£3.58/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£84.29£3.51/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK12kg£43.99£3.67/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£86.29£3.60/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK12kg£54.49£4.54/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£107.49£4.48/kg

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Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

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Carbs
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Carbs
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Carbs
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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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