Royal Canin Medium Puppy
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: Dried poultry protein, animal fat, dried beef- and pork protein, maize, wheat feed meal… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 36%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~31%
- kcal/100 g
- 410
Ingredients
Listed first: Dried poultry protein. The label gives no meat figure.
Dried poultry protein, animal fat, dried beef- and pork protein, maize, wheat feed meal, dried beet pulp, rice, hydrolysed animal protein, maize feed meal, wheat, maize gluten feed, wheat gluten feed*, minerals, soya oil, yeast by-products, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides, hydrolysed yeast [source of mannan-oligosaccharides and beta-glucan] (0.29%), algae oil Schizochytrium sp. [source of DHA], juice from Yucca schidigera, marigold meal. * L.I.P.: selected, highly-digestible proteins
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (15,500 IU), vitamin D3 (1000 IU), vitamin E (500mg), vitamin C (400mg), iron (37mg), iodine (3.7mg), copper (11mg), manganese (48mg), zinc (128mg), selenium (0.07mg). Technological additives: Clinoptilolite from sedimentary sources (10g), preservatives, antioxidants.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Dried poultry protein”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Dried poultry protein | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| dried beef- and pork protein | Named meat | Not given |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| wheat feed meal | Grain | Not given |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| hydrolysed animal protein | Other | Not given |
| maize feed meal | Grain | Not given |
| wheat | Grain | Not given |
| maize gluten feed | Grain | Not given |
| wheat gluten feed* | Grain | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| soya oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| yeast by-products | Other | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| fructo-oligosaccharides | Other | Not given |
| hydrolysed yeast [source of mannan-oligosaccharides and bet… | Other | 0.3% |
| algae oil Schizochytrium sp. [source of DHA] | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| juice from Yucca schidigera | 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 | 1.7% | 1.9% |
| 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.
Energy410 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 28
Starch scored best (9.6 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?
9.6 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 31.2% 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 16% 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
- 3 not in our ingredient database yet
- 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, beef, beet pulp, clinoptilolite, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), maize (corn), maize (corn) gluten, minerals, poultry, preservatives, rice, soya oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), wheat, wheat gluten
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, beef, beet pulp, clinoptilolite, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), maize (corn), minerals, poultry, preservatives, rice, soya oil, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Algal oil, antioxidants, clinoptilolite, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), poultry, preservatives, soya oil, 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) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- 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
3 not in our ingredient database yet
Highly-digestible proteins, selected, yeast by-products
Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Your dog
Grams a day for your dog
Alternatives
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- Carbs
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- Carbs
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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 31%
+32 pointsCompare
Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
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