Royal Canin

Royal Canin Boxer Adult review

Name: Royal Canin Boxer Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

39.7/100Average

DryAdultSenior

An unusually rich recipe for a breed kibble, at 20.0% fat and 404 kcal in every 100g, built for a muscular dog that runs all day. It sits in our Average band. Fat is put second on the list on purpose, with L-carnitine at 830 mg per kilo to help the body burn it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Busy adult boxers that empty the bowl and ask what happens next
Dogs that hold condition better on a fattier bowl
L-carnitine printed with a quantity
A large adult, with the table running from a 24kg dog to a 38kg one
Older boxers, as the label covers seniors too

Worth watching

Rice and animal fats ahead of the first meat
Pork beside the poultry, and fish oil in the fat blend
Poultry and animal fats with no species named, which blunts the label for tracking a sensitivity
No moisture declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%

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

How this scores

How we score

39.7/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior boxers. The label asks 255 grams a day at 24kg for a dog at low activity, so start there, not from a generic guide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Boxer Adult 39.7

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Fat and a lower carbohydrate estimate help the balance, but rice first and unnamed animals pull protein and transparency to Poor.

What's in it

RiceOpens the list.
Animal fatsSecond, for energy density. No species is named, and the source can change between runs.
Dehydrated poultry proteinThe first meat, already dried.
Maize, vegetable protein isolate
Dehydrated pork proteinComparatively rare in kibble, here in a supporting part.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsBroken down small, largely for taste.
Vegetable fibres, beet pulp, minerals
Soya oil, fish oil, copra oilCopra oil, from coconut, is an unusual sight on a dog food list.
Dehydrated tomato, hydrolysed yeast, marigold extractAntioxidants, MOS for the gut and lutein.
Hydrolysed crustaceans, hydrolysed cartilageGlucosamine and chondroitin with no quantity given. Crustaceans are shellfish.

Vitamins A and D3, iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium all dosed per kilo, with L-carnitine at 830 mg, tea extract at 150 mg and clinoptilolite clay at 10 g.

Pork, poultry, fish and shellfish all appear, so check the list against anything your dog avoids.

Named ingredients

Rice, animal fats, dehydrated poultry protein, maize, vegetable protein isolate*, dehydrated pork protein, hydrolysed animal proteins, vegetable fibres, beet pulp, minerals, soya oil, fish oil, copra oil, dehydrated tomato, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin).

Against the range

One rich breed kibble that opens on rice and animal fats, with the dried meats behind them and none of the animal entries named to species. The added panel is printed in full, joint entries apart.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

404 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

20%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

21.7%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

40.8%

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.

Meat

25.5%

Carbs

54.2%

Veg

5.8%

Oils

14.1%

Other

0.5%

Pricing & size