Eukanuba Senior Small Breed Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Eukanuba Senior Small Breed Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Wheat, Chicken Fat, and Corn.
Eukanuba Senior Small Breed Dry Dog Food Ingredients
Chicken is an excellent source of healthy protein for dogs. It is filled with essential amino acids to build strong muscles and help to maintain organs and tissue.
In addition to being a flavor that dogs love, chicken also delivers Omega 6 fatty acids that help sustain healthy skin and shiny coats along with B3 and B6 vitamins, phosphorous and selenium as well.
Chicken By-Product Meal is rendered mix of less desirable parts (eg. gizzards, giblets, feet), internal organs (eg. lungs, spleen, liver, heart, kidneys) and bones of a chicken.
Chicken by-products are protein rich like chicken and also it's a natural source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.
Chicken Fat is a high quality source of energy and essential fatty acids. For example, chicken fat contains linoleic acid which is an excellent source of the Omega-6 fatty acids. Quality fats support a shiny, healthy coat in dogs.
Corn is a fibrous grain that promotes gut health as well as gastrointestinal motility. It provides easily digestible carbohydrates, and that makes it a key energy source. Also corn has linoleic acid, an essential omega-6 fatty acid to maintain healthy skin, coat and immune system.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Eukanuba Senior Small Breed Dry Dog Food has 29% protein, 17% fat, 3.7% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 35.3%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Eukanuba Senior Small Breed Dry Dog Food as 35.3%. Basically, around one third of the food you feed to {your dog} is starch.
Average starch ratio of dry dog foods on inthekibble.com is 38.67% - and that means this Eukanuba kibble has less starch ratio than the average.