Royal Canin Expert - Calm Small Dog

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Royal Canin Expert - Calm Small Dog

DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
16/ 100
WeakTied 1,047th 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
  • Some meat not named by animal

First ingredients: Rice, dried poultry protein, maize, wheat feed meal, animal fat… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
Not on label
Protein, dry weight
28%
Carbs, dry weight
~45%
kcal/100 g
365

Ingredients

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

Rice, dried poultry protein, maize, wheat feed meal, animal fat, hydrolysed animal protein, chicory fibres, dried pork protein*, minerals, wheat gluten meal*, soya oil, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (0.49%), hydrolysed milk protein**, borage oil, marigold meal. *L.I.P.: selected light, easy-to-digest proteins with high biological value. **Tryptic hydrolysate of Alpha-S1.0 bovine casein (1.24g)

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (30,000 IU), vitamin D3 (800 IU), iron (48mg), iodine (4.8mg), copper (15mg), manganese (62mg), zinc (127mg), selenium (0.1mg). Technological additives: Clinoptilolites from sedimentary sources (5g), 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
dried poultry proteinMeat, animal not namedNot given
maizeGrainNot given
wheat feed mealGrainNot given
animal fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
hydrolysed animal proteinOtherNot given
chicory fibresVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried pork protein*Named meatNot given
mineralsOtherNot given
wheat gluten meal*GrainNot given
soya oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
fish oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
fructo-oligosaccharides (0.49%)Other0.5%
hydrolysed milk protein**OtherNot given
borage oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
marigold mealOtherNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 28% and carbs about 45%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein25%28%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat16%18%
Carbohydrate~40%~45%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre1.5%1.7%
Ash7.1%7.9%
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.

Energy365 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 16

Starch scored best (5 of 20). How it’s made scored lowest (3 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    10.1 / 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 level1.3 / 10 points

      Protein is 27.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    5 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 44.9% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    3 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 3 for added plant protein, starch or fibre, digest or flavouring and hydrolysed protein.

  4. What kind of meat?

    3.5 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed3.5 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as unnamed meal, unnamed hydrolysed and meal, 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

Tied 1,047th of 1,171 dry foods. 30 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 45% to 28% by dry weight, and protein is about 41%.

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. 1 more noted. 23 flagged nothing.

  • 1 costs points
  • 1 noted
  • 23 nothing flagged
  • 2 not in our ingredient database yet
23 ingredients with nothing flagged

Animal fats, antioxidants, borage oil, chicory root extract, clinoptilolite, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), maize (corn), minerals, pork, poultry, preservatives, rice, soya oil, 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
2 not in our ingredient database yet

Easy-to-digest proteins with high biological value, selected light

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

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 4kg · £66.39Economy Pack: 2 x 4kg£66.39£8.30/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK4kg · £33.994kg£33.99£8.50/kgVisit

Price has moved by less than 1% since 10 Aug (3 readings).

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK4kg£33.99£8.50/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 4kg£66.39£8.30/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK4kg£34.09£8.52/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 4kg£66.59£8.32/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK4kg£34.09£8.52/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 4kg£66.59£8.32/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 43 to 47 points higher and cost up to 12% more.

Compare side by side →
Carbs
about 22% this food about 45%
To feed
12% more per 1,000 kcal

+47 pointsCompare

Carbs
about 8% this food about 45%
To feed
45% less per 1,000 kcal

+44 pointsCompare

Carbs
about 33% this food about 45%
To feed
11% less per 1,000 kcal

+43 pointsCompare

Carbs
about 26% this food about 45%
To feed
25% less per 1,000 kcal

+43 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: Zooplus UK.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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