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Royal Canin Expert Adult Dry Medium Dog Food
DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Meat amount not given
- About 49% carbs (dry weight)
- Some meat not named by animal
First ingredients: Maize, dehydrated poultry protein, rice, wheat flour, animal fats… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 25%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~49%
- kcal/100 g
- 371
Ingredients
Listed first: Maize. The label gives no meat figure.
Maize, dehydrated poultry protein, rice, wheat flour, animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteins, beet pulp, dehydrated pork protein, wheat gluten*, soya oil, fish oil, minerals, fructo-oligo-saccharides (0.49%), borage oil, marigold meal. * L.I.P.: protein selected for its very high digestibility.
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Additives (per kg)**: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A: 22000 IU, Vitamin D3: 1010 IU, Iron (3b103): 40 mg, Iodine (3b201, 3b202): 4 mg, Copper (3b405, 3b406): 12 mg, Manganese (3b502, 3b504): 52 mg, Zinc (3b603, 3b605, 3b606): 133 mg, Selenium (3b801, 3b811, 3b812): 0.06 mg - Preservatives - Antioxidants. ** Values reflect only levels added to the formula, not those naturally occurring in components of the diet. Additives (per kg)**: Technological additives: Clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin: 10 g. **Values reflect only levels added to the formula, not those naturally occurring in components of the diet.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Maize”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Maize | Grain | Not given |
| dehydrated poultry protein | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| wheat flour | Grain | Not given |
| animal fats | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| hydrolysed animal proteins | Other | Not given |
| beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dehydrated pork protein | Named meat | Not given |
| wheat gluten* | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| soya oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| fructo-oligo-saccharides (0.49%) | Other | 0.5% |
| borage oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| marigold meal | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 25% and carbs about 49%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 23% | 25% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 16% | 18% |
| Carbohydrate | ~44% | ~49% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Ash | 6.1% | 6.7% |
| Moisture | 9.5% | 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.
Energy371 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 21
The kind of meat scored best (3.5 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.8 of 20).
How much meat?
9.7 / 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 level0.9 / 10 points
Protein is 25.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
3.8 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 48.6% 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?
3.5 / 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.
No ingredient deductions.
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 49% to 30% 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.
Best wet foods →Ingredient notes
1 noted: hydrolysed proteins. 22 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 22 nothing flagged
- 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.
22 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, borage oil, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), maize (corn), minerals, pork, poultry, preservatives, rice, soya oil, wheat, wheat gluten
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, 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), minerals, pork, poultry, preservatives, rice, soya oil, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, borage oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), pork, poultry, preservatives, soya oil, manganese, selenium, 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 J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- 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)Wheat gluten
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- 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 12% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home10kg · £56.99 up 12% since 10 Aug | 10kg | £56.99 | £5.70/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 12%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 10kg | £56.99 | £5.70/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 10kg | £54.14 | £5.41/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 10kg | £50.82 | £5.08/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
4 dry foods score 37 to 41 points higher and cost up to 24% more.
- Carbs
- about 21% this food about 49%
- To feed
- 24% more per 1,000 kcal
+41 pointsCompare
Nourish Pet Food 80/20 Grain Free Salmon with Herring, Haddock, Trout & Sweet Potato Dry Dog Food
78% meatDry · All ages
Good£5.03/kg
- Carbs
- about 8% this food about 49%
- To feed
- 19% less per 1,000 kcal
+39 pointsCompare
- Carbs
- about 26% this food about 49%
- To feed
- 11% more per 1,000 kcal
+38 pointsCompare
- Carbs
- about 29% this food about 49%
- To feed
- 18% more per 1,000 kcal
+37 pointsCompare
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: Pets at Home.
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