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Royal Canin Chihuahua Adult Dry Dog Food
DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
Worth knowing
- Iodine: −5 points
- Meat amount not given
- Meat not named by animal
First ingredients: Rice, maize, dehydrated poultry protein, vegetable protein, animal fats… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 31%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~43%
- kcal/100 g
- 370
Ingredients
Listed first: Rice. The label gives no meat figure.
Rice, maize, dehydrated poultry protein, vegetable protein, animal fats, hydrolysed animal protein, beet pulp, vegetable fibres, fish oil, minerals, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, borage oil, marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin)
Meat animal not namedGrain cereals
Additives
Per kg: Vitamin A: 30500 IU, Vitamin D3: 800 IU, E1 (Iron): 43 mg, E2 (Iodine): 4.3 mg, E4 (Copper): 13 mg, E5 (Manganese): 56 mg, E6 (Zinc): 140 mg, E8 (Selenium): 0.09 mg Tea extract (source of polyphenols): 150mg Clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin: 5g, Preservatives - Antioxidants
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Rice”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | Grain | Not given |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| dehydrated poultry protein | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| vegetable protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| animal fats | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| hydrolysed animal protein | Other | Not given |
| beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| vegetable fibres | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| soya oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| fructo-oligo-saccharides | Other | Not given |
| borage oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| marigold extract (source of lutein) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine) | Other | Not given |
| hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin) | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 31% and carbs about 43%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 28% | 31% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 16% | 18% |
| Carbohydrate | ~39% | ~43% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.1% | 2.3% |
| Ash | 5.1% | 5.7% |
| 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.
Energy370 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 18
Starch scored best (5.6 of 20). The kind of meat scored lowest (2.3 of 15).
How much meat?
10.7 / 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 level1.9 / 10 points
Protein is 31.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
5.6 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 43.1% 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?
2.3 / 15 points- How the meat is listed2.3 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as unnamed meal and unnamed hydrolysed, which earns 19% 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 43% to 27% by dry weight, and protein is about 43%.
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. 1 more noted. 21 flagged nothing.
- 1 costs 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.
- 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, antioxidants, beet pulp, borage oil, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, poultry, preservatives, rice, soya oil, vegetable fibres, vegetable protein extracts
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, antioxidants, beet pulp, borage oil, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, poultry, preservatives, rice, soya oil, vegetable fibres, vegetable protein extracts
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, borage oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), marigold meal, poultry, preservatives, soya oil, vegetable fibres, vegetable protein extracts, 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: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 1.5kg | £12.49 | £8.33/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 3kg | £21.89 | £7.30/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 1.5kg | £11.24 | £7.49/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 3kg | £19.70 | £6.57/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 1.5kg | £11.24 | £7.49/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 3kg | £19.70 | £6.57/kg |
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Alternatives
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- Carbs
- about 21% this food about 43%
- To feed
- 3% less per 1,000 kcal
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78% meatDry · All ages
Good£5.03/kg
- Carbs
- about 8% this food about 43%
- To feed
- 37% less per 1,000 kcal
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- To feed
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- To feed
- 3% more per 1,000 kcal
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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: Pets at Home.
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