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Royal Canin West Highland White Terrier Adult
Worth knowing
- Iodine: −5 points
- Sodium tripolyphosphate: −5 points
- Meat amount not given
First ingredients: Maize flour, dried poultry protein, rice, maize, animal fat… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 23%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~51%
- kcal/100 g
- 369
Ingredients
Listed first: Maize flour. The label gives no meat figure.
Ingredients: Maize flour, dried poultry protein, rice, maize, animal fat, hydrolysed animal protein, dried pork protein, wheat, chicory pulp, soybean oil, minerals (incl. pentasodium triphosphate; 0.35%), fish oil, linseed (0.5%), fructo-oligosaccharides, borage oil (0.1%), marigold flour, glucosamine from fermentation, hydrolyzed cartilage (source of chondroitin). *L.I.P.: protein selected for its very high assimilation
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (29,800 IU), Vitamin D3 (800 IU), E1 [iron] (97mg), E2 [iodine] (5.8mg), E4 [copper] (6mg), E5 [manganese] (62mg], E6 [zinc] (140mg), E8 [selenium] (0.3mg). Technological additives: Clinoptilolite from sedimentary sources (10g). Contains preservatives and antioxidants.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Maize flour”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Maize flour | Grain | Not given |
| dried poultry protein | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| hydrolysed animal protein | Other | Not given |
| dried pork protein | Named meat | Not given |
| wheat | Grain | Not given |
| chicory pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| soybean oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals (incl. pentasodium triphosphate; 0.35%) | Other | 0.3% |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| linseed (0.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.5% |
| fructo-oligosaccharides | Other | Not given |
| borage oil (0.1%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.1% |
| marigold flour | Other | Not given |
| glucosamine from fermentation | Other | Not given |
| hydrolyzed cartilage (source of chondroitin) | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 23% and carbs about 51%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 21% | 23% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 16% | 18% |
| Carbohydrate | ~46% | ~51% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 1.4% | 1.6% |
| Ash | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed | 10% | 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.
Why it scores 11
How it’s made scored best (5 of 20). Starch scored lowest (3.1 of 20).
How much meat?
9.4 / 45 points- Meat on the label8.8 / 35 points
Meat is named but the label doesn’t say how much, so a quarter of the points.
- Protein level0.6 / 10 points
Protein is 23.3% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
3.1 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 50.6% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
3.5 / 15 points- How the meat is listed3.5 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as unnamed meal, unnamed hydrolysed and meal, which earns 29% 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.
Points lost for ingredients: Iodine (−5), Sodium tripolyphosphate (−5). Together they cost 10 points.
Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.
Against other dry foods
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 38%.
Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.
Best wet foods →Ingredient notes
2 ingredients cost 10 points: iodine and sodium tripolyphosphate. 1 more noted.
- 2 cost points
- 1 noted
- 21 nothing flagged
- IodineCosts 5 pointsNutritional additive (trace element)
Within the legal limit, but above the advised level, so it costs 5 points.
- Sodium tripolyphosphateCosts 5 points
Why it costs points
An added phosphate. In dog trials, easily absorbed phosphates raised hormone levels linked to kidney strain; the trials used high doses and long-term harm isn't shown.
- Hydrolysed proteinsCounted in “How processed?”Feed material (protein source)
A protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
21 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, borage oil, chicory root extract, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, pork, poultry, rice, soya oil, wheat
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, 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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Animal fats, borage oil, chicory root extract, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, pork, poultry, rice, soya oil, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Borage oil, chicory root extract, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, marigold meal, pork, poultry, soya oil, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
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
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK up 19%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 3kg | £21.89 | £7.30/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 3 x 3kg | £64.09 | £7.12/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 3kg | £21.89 | £7.30/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 3 x 3kg | £64.09 | £7.12/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 3kg | £18.39 (out of stock) | £6.13/kg |
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Matches the maker’s own page.
Checked against the maker. The ingredient list matches the one on the manufacturer’s own product page.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.
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