Royal Canin

Royal Canin Anallergenic review

We don't put a score on this food. It is a veterinary diet, formulated for a diagnosed condition and meant to be fed on a vet's advice. Your vet has seen your dog and we have not, so a number from us could only pull you towards their advice or away from it, and neither of those is ours to do. What follows is what the label declares, what the analysis works out at, and where to buy it, with no judgement attached to any of it.

Anallergenic is the name Royal Canin gives this dry food. The maker puts it forward for food elimination trials and for long term feeding of dogs it describes as severely food sensitive.

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Royal Canin Anallergenic is a dry food the maker puts forward for food elimination trials and for long term feeding of severely food-sensitive dogs. We do not put a score on it. Its single protein source is a feather hydrolysate, broken into very short fragments, on a maize starch base.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose vet is running a food elimination trial
No meat cut, meal or named fish anywhere on the list
Protein and carbohydrate sources each printed with a percentage
A fully dosed mineral panel

Worth watching

Fish oil and an unnamed animal fat further down the list
Preservatives and antioxidants named only by category
Portion and duration are the vet's call

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs. Before ordering, check with the vet managing the case that this is the diet and the portion they want.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Fish

What's in it

Maize starch46.3%The carbohydrate source.
Feather hydrolysate with low molecular weight19.78%The only protein source, chopped into very short fragments. No meat, meal or named fish.
Copra oil, soya oil
Minerals
Vegetable fibres, chicory pulp, fructo-oligosaccharidesBulk and prebiotic work.
Fish oilFish-derived, though it carries no fish protein.
Mono- and diglycerides of palmitic and stearic acids esterified with citric acidAn emulsifier holding fats and starch together.
Animal fatNo species given.
Marigold meal

Vitamins A and D3 with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, all dosed; clinoptilolite at 9.8g is declared separately.

Fish oil and an unnamed animal fat are on the list, which matters on a strict exclusion.

Named ingredients

Maize starch, feather hydrolysate with low molecular weight (source of L-amino acids and oligopeptides), copra oil, soya oil, minerals, vegetable fibres, chicory pulp, fructo-oligosaccharides, fish oil, mono - and diglycerides of palmitic and stearic acids esterified with citric acid, animal fat, marigold meal. Protein source: feather hydrolysate with low molecular weight (19.78%). Carbohydrate source: maize starch (46.3%).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

18%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

Ash

6.2%

Dry weight

Protein

19.6%

Fat

17.9%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

6.7%

Carbs

53.6%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Carbs

61.2%

Veg

4.8%

Oils

15.4%

Other

18.6%

Pricing & size