Royal Canin German Shepherd Adult Dry Dog Food

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Royal Canin German Shepherd Adult Dry Dog Food

DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
18/ 100
WeakTied 1,007th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Worth knowing

  • Iodine: −5 points
  • Meat amount not given
  • Meat not named by animal

First ingredients: Rice, dehydrated poultry protein, animal fats, vegetable protein, maize flour… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
Not on label
Protein, dry weight
27%
Carbs, dry weight
~41%
kcal/100 g
373

Ingredients

Listed first: Rice. The label gives no meat figure.

Rice, dehydrated poultry protein, animal fats, vegetable protein, maize flour, hydrolysed animal protein, vegetable fibres, minerals, beet pulp, soya oil, fish oil, copra oil, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin)

Meat animal not namedGrain cereals

Additives

Per kg: Vitamin A: 28500 IU, Vitamin D3: 800 IU, E1 (Iron): 51 mg, E2 (Iodine): 5.1 mg, E4 (Copper): 15 mg, E5 (Manganese): 66 mg, E6 (Zinc): 145 mg, E8 (Selenium): 0.11 mg Tea extract (source of polyphenols): 150mg Clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin: 10g, Preservatives - Antioxidants

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Rice”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
RiceGrainNot given
dehydrated poultry proteinMeat, animal not namedNot given
animal fatsFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
vegetable proteinVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
maize flourGrainNot given
hydrolysed animal proteinOtherNot given
vegetable fibresVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
mineralsOtherNot given
beet pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
soya oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
fish oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
copra oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides)OtherNot given
hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine)OtherNot given
marigold extract (source of lutein)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin)OtherNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 27% and carbs about 41%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein24%27%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat19%21%
Carbohydrate~37%~41%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre4%4.4%
Ash6.5%7.2%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%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.

Energy373 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 18

Starch scored best (6.5 of 20). The kind of meat scored lowest (2.3 of 15).

  1. How much meat?

    9.9 / 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 level1.1 / 10 points

      Protein is 26.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    6.5 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 40.6% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for hydrolysed protein.

  4. 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

Tied 1,007th of 1,171 dry foods. 18 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

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 41% to 25% by dry weight, and protein is about 40%.

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. 20 flagged nothing.

  • 1 costs points
  • 2 noted
  • 20 nothing flagged
20 ingredients with nothing flagged

Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, fish oil, maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, oils and fats, 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

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

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Pets at Home11kg · £62.39 up 11% since 10 Aug11kg£62.39£5.67/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home11kg£62.39£5.67/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home11kg£56.15£5.10/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home11kg£56.15£5.10/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 39 to 42 points higher and cost up to 19% more.

Compare side by side →
Carbs
about 8% this food about 41%
To feed
18% less per 1,000 kcal

+42 pointsCompare

Carbs
about 26% this food about 41%
To feed
12% more per 1,000 kcal

+41 pointsCompare

Carbs
about 29% this food about 41%
To feed
19% more per 1,000 kcal

+40 pointsCompare

Carbs
about 27% this food about 41%
To feed
16% less per 1,000 kcal

+39 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.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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