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Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Maxi Dry Puppy Food
DryCompletePuppyContains grainFish oil
Worth knowing
- Iodine: −5 points
- Meat amount not given
- Some meat not named by animal
First ingredients: Dehydrated poultry protein, maize flour, rice, dehydrated pork protein*, animal fats… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 33%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~37%
- kcal/100 g
- 358
Ingredients
Listed first: Dehydrated poultry protein. The label gives no meat figure.
Dehydrated poultry protein, maize flour, rice, dehydrated pork protein*, animal fats, maize, wheat gluten*, wheat flour, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, beet pulp, maize gluten, vegetable fibres, soya oil, fish oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husks and seeds, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides and betaglucans) (0.30%), algal oil Schizochytrium sp. (source of DHA), Yucca Schidigera juice, marigold meal, glucosamine from fermentation, hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin).
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Vitamin A: 15500 IU, Vitamin D3: 1000 IU, Iron (3b103): 42mg, Iodine (3b201, 3b202): 4.2mg, Copper (3b405, 3b406): 13mg, Manganese (3b502, 3b504): 54mg, Zinc (3b603, 3b605, 3b606): 136mg, Selenium (3b801, 3b811, 3b812): 0.07mg. 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 |
| maize flour | Grain | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| dehydrated pork protein* | Named meat | 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 |
| wheat flour | Grain | Not given |
| hydrolysed animal proteins | Other | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| maize gluten | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| vegetable fibres | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| soya oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| fructo-oligo-saccharides | Other | Not given |
| psyllium husks and seeds | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 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 33% and carbs about 37%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 30% | 33% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 16% | 18% |
| Carbohydrate | ~33% | ~37% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 8.2% | 9.1% |
| 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.
Energy358 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 21
Starch scored best (7.7 of 20). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).
How much meat?
11 / 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 level2.2 / 10 points
Protein is 33.3% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
7.7 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 37% 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.
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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 37% to 21% by dry weight, and protein is about 38%.
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. 3 more noted. 28 flagged nothing.
- 1 costs points
- 3 noted
- 28 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.
- 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.
- 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.
28 ingredients with nothing flagged
Algal oil, animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, clinoptilolite, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, maize (corn), maize (corn) gluten, marigold meal, minerals, pork, poultry, preservatives, psyllium, rice, soya oil, vegetable fibres, wheat, wheat gluten
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, 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, psyllium, rice, soya oil, vegetable fibres, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Algal oil, antioxidants, clinoptilolite, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, marigold meal, pork, poultry, preservatives, psyllium, soya oil, vegetable fibres, 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
- 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
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home15kg · £66.99 up 11% since 10 Aug | 15kg | £66.99 | £4.47/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 | 15kg | £66.99 | £4.47/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 15kg | £60.29 | £4.02/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 15kg | £60.29 | £4.02/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
4 dry foods score 28 to 40 points higher at the same price or less.
- Carbs
- about 18% this food about 37%
- To feed
- 10% less per 1,000 kcal
+40 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 37%
- To feed
- about the same per 1,000 kcal
+39 pointsCompare
- Carbs
- about 38% this food about 37%
- To feed
- 5% less per 1,000 kcal
+32 pointsCompare
- Carbs
- about 26% this food about 37%
- To feed
- 7% less per 1,000 kcal
+28 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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