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Royal Canin Golden Retriever Puppy Dry Dog Food
DryCompletePuppyContains grainFish oil
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Meat amount not given
- Meat not named by animal
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: Dehydrated poultry protein, rice, maize, vegetable protein, wheat… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 32%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~38%
- kcal/100 g
- 356
Ingredients
Listed first: Dehydrated poultry protein. The label gives no meat figure.
Dehydrated poultry protein, rice, maize, vegetable protein, wheat, animal fats, vegetable fibres, hydrolysed animal protein, beet pulp, fish oil, minerals, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides (0.34%), psyllium husks and seeds, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), borage oil (0.1%), yeasts extracts (source of betaglucans), marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin)
Meat animal not namedGrain cereals
Additives
Per kg: Vitamin A: 26500 IU, Vitamin D3: 700 IU, Vitamin E: 780 mg - E1 (Iron): 38 mg, E2 (Iodine): 3.8 mg, E4 (Copper): 12 mg, E5 (Manganese): 49 mg, E6 (Zinc): 130 mg, E8 (Selenium): 0.08 mg Yucca extract: 125mg Clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin: 10g, Preservatives - Antioxidants
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Dehydrated poultry protein”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Dehydrated poultry protein | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| vegetable protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| wheat | Grain | Not given |
| animal fats | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| vegetable fibres | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| hydrolysed animal protein | Other | Not given |
| beet pulp | 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 (0.34%) | Other | 0.3% |
| psyllium husks and seeds | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides) | Other | Not given |
| hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine) | Other | Not given |
| borage oil (0.1%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.1% |
| yeasts extracts (source of betaglucans) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| marigold extract (source of lutein) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin) | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 32% and carbs about 38%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 29% | 32% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 16% | 18% |
| Carbohydrate | ~34% | ~38% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Ash | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| 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.
Energy356 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 25
Starch scored best (7.4 of 20). The kind of meat scored lowest (2.3 of 15).
How much meat?
10.8 / 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 level2 / 10 points
Protein is 32.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
7.4 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 37.7% 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.
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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 38% to 21% by dry weight, and protein is about 37%.
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 noted: hydrolysed proteins and yeast. 25 flagged nothing.
- 2 noted
- 25 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.
- YeastCounted in “How processed?”Feed material (protein source)
The label says “hydrolysed yeast”: a protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
25 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, borage oil, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, poultry, preservatives, psyllium, rice, soya oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable fibres, vegetable protein extracts, wheat
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, 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, psyllium, rice, soya oil, vegetable fibres, vegetable protein extracts, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, borage oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), marigold meal, poultry, preservatives, psyllium, soya oil, vegetable fibres, vegetable protein extracts, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- 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
- 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 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home12kg · £62.49 up 11% since 10 Aug | 12kg | £62.49 | £5.21/kg | Visit |
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 | 12kg | £62.49 | £5.21/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £56.24 | £4.69/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £56.24 | £4.69/kg |
Your dog
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Alternatives
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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- To feed
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- To feed
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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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