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Royal Canin Puppy Medium Dry Dog Food
DryCompletePuppyContains grainFish oil
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Meat amount not given
- Some meat not named by animal
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Dehydrated poultry protein, animal fats, maize, wheat gluten*, beet pulp… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 36%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~31%
- kcal/100 g
- 379
Ingredients
Listed first: Dehydrated poultry protein. The label gives no meat figure.
Composition: Dehydrated poultry protein, animal fats, maize, wheat gluten*, beet pulp, dehydrated pork protein*, maize gluten, rice, wheat flour, hydrolysed animal proteins, wheat, maize flour, minerals, soya oil, yeasts products, fish oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides and betaglucans) (0.30%), algal oil Schizochytrium sp. (source of DHA), Yucca Schidigera juice, marigold meal.
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Additives (per kg): Nutritional additives: Vitamin A: 15500 IU, Vitamin D3: 1000 IU, Iron (3b103): 38 mg, Iodine (3b201, 3b202): 3.8 mg, Copper (3b405, 3b406): 12 mg, Manganese (3b502, 3b504): 50 mg, Zinc (3b603, 3b605, 3b606): 132 mg, Selenium (3b801, 3b811, 3b812): 0.06 mg - Technological additives: Clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin: 10 g - 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 |
| animal fats | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| wheat gluten* | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dehydrated pork protein* | Named meat | Not given |
| maize gluten | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| wheat flour | Grain | Not given |
| hydrolysed animal proteins | Other | Not given |
| wheat | Grain | Not given |
| maize flour | Grain | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| soya oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| yeasts products | Other | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| fructo-oligo-saccharides | Other | Not given |
| hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides and bet… | Other | 0.3% |
| algal oil Schizochytrium sp. (source of DHA) | Other | Not given |
| Yucca Schidigera juice | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 36% and carbs about 31%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 32% | 36% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 20% | 22% |
| Carbohydrate | ~28% | ~31% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Ash | 8.6% | 9.6% |
| 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.
Energy379 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 28
Starch scored best (9.7 of 20). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).
How much meat?
11.4 / 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 level2.6 / 10 points
Protein is 35.6% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
9.7 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 30.9% 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, meal and unnamed hydrolysed, 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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 31% to 17% 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
2 noted: hydrolysed proteins and yucca extract. 27 flagged nothing.
- 2 noted
- 27 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.
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
27 ingredients with nothing flagged
Algal oil, animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, clinoptilolite, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), maize (corn), maize (corn) gluten, marigold meal, minerals, pork, poultry, preservatives, rice, soya oil, wheat, wheat gluten, yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, 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)Algal oil, animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, clinoptilolite, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, pork, poultry, preservatives, rice, soya oil, wheat, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Algal oil, antioxidants, clinoptilolite, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), marigold meal, pork, poultry, preservatives, soya oil, yeast, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Maize (corn) gluten, wheat gluten
- 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
- 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 23% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home3kg · £21.99 up 23% since 10 Aug | 3kg | £21.99 | £7.33/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 23%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 3kg | £21.99 | £7.33/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 3kg | £19.79 | £6.60/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 3kg | £17.84 | £5.95/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
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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: Pets at Home.
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