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Royal Canin Maxi Joint Care
DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
Worth knowing
- Iodine: −5 points
- Meat amount not given
- Meat not named by animal
First ingredients: Corn, poultry protein (dried), wheat, animal fat, lignocellulose… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 29%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~40%
- kcal/100 g
- 346
Ingredients
Listed first: Corn. The label gives no meat figure.
Corn, poultry protein (dried), wheat, animal fat, lignocellulose, vegetable protein isolate, cornmeal, rice, animal protein (hydrolysed), corn gluten meal, dried sugar beet pulp, fish oil, yeast and its derivatives, minerals, soya oil, hydrolysed collagen (0.84%), marigold flower meal [source of lutein], cartilage hydrolysate [source of chondroitin]
Meat animal not namedGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (16,500 IU), vitamin D3 (1000 IU), E1 [iron] (42mg), E2 [iodine] (4.2mg), E4 [copper] (13mg), E5 [manganese] (55mg), E6 [zinc] (141mg), E8 [selenium] (0.08mg). Technological additives: Clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin (10g). Sensory additives: Green tea extract [source of polyphenols] (25g), preservatives, antioxidants.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Corn”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Corn | Grain | Not given |
| poultry protein (dried) | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| wheat | Grain | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| lignocellulose | Other | Not given |
| vegetable protein isolate | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| cornmeal | Grain | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| animal protein (hydrolysed) | Other | Not given |
| corn gluten meal | Grain | Not given |
| dried sugar beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| yeast and its derivatives | Other | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| soya oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| hydrolysed collagen (0.84%) | Other | 0.8% |
| marigold flower meal [source of lutein] | Other | Not given |
| cartilage hydrolysate [source of chondroitin]. | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 29% and carbs about 40%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 26% | 29% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 15% | 17% |
| Carbohydrate | ~36% | ~40% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 6.3% | 7% |
| Ash | 6.3% | 7% |
| 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.
Energy346 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 18
Starch scored best (6.5 of 20). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).
How much meat?
10.3 / 45 points- Meat on the label8.8 / 35 points
Meat is listed without saying which animal, and the label doesn’t say how much, so a quarter of the points.
- Protein level1.5 / 10 points
Protein is 28.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
6.5 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 40.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
4 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
3 / 15 points- How the meat is listed3 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as unnamed meal, which earns 25% 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).
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 40% to 26% by dry weight, and protein is about 41%.
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
1 ingredient costs 5 points: iodine. 2 more noted. 24 flagged nothing.
- 1 costs points
- 2 noted
- 24 nothing flagged
- 1 not in our ingredient database yet
- IodineCosts 5 pointsNutritional additive (trace element)
Within the legal limit, but above the advised level, so it costs 5 points.
- Cartilage hydrolysate [source of chondroitin]Counted in “How processed?”
A protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
- Gelatine (hydrolysed)Counted in “How processed?”Feed material (protein gel)
A protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
24 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, clinoptilolite, fish oil, green tea extract, lignocellulose, maize (corn), maize (corn) gluten, marigold meal, minerals, preservatives, processed animal protein, rice, soya oil, vegetable protein extracts, wheat
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, 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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, clinoptilolite, fish oil, green tea extract, lignocellulose, maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, preservatives, rice, soya oil, vegetable protein extracts, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, clinoptilolite, green tea extract, lignocellulose, marigold meal, preservatives, soya oil, vegetable protein extracts, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- EFSA 2018 opinion on green tea catechins (PMC7009618)Green tea extract
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Maize (corn) gluten
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Processed animal protein
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
1 not in our ingredient database yet
Yeast and its derivatives
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.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Price unchanged since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10kg | £53.99 | £5.40/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 10kg | £106.49 | £5.32/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10kg | £53.99 | £5.40/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 10kg | £106.49 | £5.32/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10kg | £53.99 | £5.40/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 10kg | £106.49 | £5.32/kg |
Your dog
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Alternatives
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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.
Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0
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