Royal Canin

Royal Canin Bulldog Adult review

Name: Royal Canin Bulldog Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

40/100Average

DryAdultSenior

Feeding a bulldog is partly an engineering problem, and this kibble is shaped for a short, wide muzzle that works at an angle. It sits in our Average band. Rice is the only cereal, which is unusual at this end of the market and makes the label an easy read for a dog that has struggled with grains.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult bulldogs that find ordinary kibble hard to pick up
Dogs kept off maize and wheat, with rice the only cereal
Settling a digestion, with beet pulp, vegetable fibres and hydrolysed yeast on the list
Older bulldogs, as seniors are included on the label
Portioning from a pack table that runs from 18kg to 30kg

Worth watching

Protein is gentle at 26.1% of dry matter, and starch reaches an estimated 48.7%
Dehydrated pork protein on the list, for homes that avoid pig
Poultry and animal fats named by category, never by species

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

How this scores

How we score

40/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior bulldogs. A bulldog usually weighs more than 15kg, so portion from the pack's table: 223 grams a day at 18kg, rising to 327 grams at 30kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Bulldog Adult 40.0

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Read this as a food that tells you less than it could; a bulldog eating it happily is not being short-changed.

What's in it

RiceA single, gentle, well tolerated starch. No maize, wheat or maize gluten anywhere.
Dehydrated poultry proteinGoes in dry, so it counts for close to what it says. Poultry pins down no bird.
Animal fatsSpecies not named.
Vegetable protein isolatePicked for digestibility, which is about absorption. The source is plant.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsA palatant.
Dehydrated pork proteinUncommon in kibble, and welcome.
Beet pulp, vegetable fibres, hydrolysed yeastThe quiet strength of the label: bulk for firm stools and food for the gut bacteria.
Minerals, fish oil, soya oilOmega 3 from the fish oil.
Hydrolysed crustaceans, hydrolysed cartilageGlucosamine and chondroitin with no quantity. A supportive gesture only.
Marigold extractLutein.

Vitamins A and D3 with every trace mineral dosed per kilo, from zinc at 141 mg to selenium at 0.1 mg, plus tea extract at 150 mg and clinoptilolite clay at 10 g.

Named ingredients

Rice, dehydrated poultry protein, animal fats, vegetable protein isolate*, hydrolysed animal proteins, dehydrated pork protein*, beet pulp, vegetable fibres, minerals, fish oil, soya oil, 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 bulldog kibble with rice as its only cereal, poultry and animal fats named by category, and a vegetable protein isolate carrying part of the protein. Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

14%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

6.4%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

Ash

Carbs

48.7%

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

38.3%

Carbs

43.6%

Veg

7.9%

Oils

9.2%

Other

1.1%

Pricing & size