Royal Canin

Royal Canin Bulldog Puppy review

Name: Royal Canin Bulldog Puppy
Brand: Royal Canin

47.2/100Average

DryPuppy

A growth kibble shaped for a Bulldog pup that will finish stocky and heavy for its height. It sits in our Average band, and the reason is what the label declines to say: which birds, how much meat, how much calcium. Plenty of pups thrive on it all the same.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want a recipe drawn up for the breed
Pups that have never met pork, which appears in far fewer recipes than chicken
Joint support from the start, from hydrolysed crustaceans and cartilage
A spelled-out micronutrient panel, zinc at 135 mg per kilo among it
Digestion that likes a hand: fructo-oligo-saccharides at 0.34%, with beet pulp behind

Worth watching

No calcium figure, the number that works hardest in a growth food
Only the pork names its animal, and no meat carries a percentage
Grain three times over: wheat flour, maize flour and rice
No moisture declared, so every dry matter figure rests on an assumed 8%

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

How this scores

How we score

47.2/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for Bulldog puppies, with the guide written around a finished weight of 24 kg. The daily amount moves all through growth, so read the chart afresh each month.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Bulldog Puppy 47.2

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Disclosure runs through this score: unnamed species, no meat percentages and no calcium line keep a complete, palatable food in Average.

What's in it

Dehydrated poultry proteinAny bird in any mix, which can change between batches.
Rice, maize flour
Vegetable protein isolateNames no plant.
Animal fatsUnnamed.
Dehydrated pork proteinThe exception: a named animal few pups have met, useful for a breed with touchy skin.
Hydrolysed animal proteins, wheat flourWheat is the one sensitive-pup owners most want flagged.
Beet pulp, vegetable fibres, minerals
Fish oil, soya oilFish enters the allergen picture.
Fructo-oligo-saccharides, hydrolysed yeast, yeast extractsFOS 0.34%Gut support.
Hydrolysed crustaceans, marigold extract, hydrolysed cartilageGlucosamine (shellfish), lutein and chondroitin.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, manganese, iron, copper, iodine and selenium, all dosed, plus clinoptilolite for kibble texture and yucca for stool odour.

No calcium figure on the label. For a breed that gains weight quickly on short legs, ask Royal Canin for it.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated poultry protein, rice, maize flour, vegetable protein isolate*, animal fats, dehydrated pork protein*, hydrolysed animal proteins, wheat flour, beet pulp, vegetable fibres, minerals, fish oil, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides (0.34%), hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), yeasts extracts (source of betaglucans), marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin).

Against the range

A breed growth kibble led by unnamed poultry protein on rice, maize flour and wheat flour. Pork is the one meat that names its animal, no meat carries a percentage, and the analysis stops at ash, with no moisture or calcium. The functional tail names its sources and the additive panel is dosed in full.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

385.9 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

17%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

7.8%

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

37.8%

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

45.1%

Carbs

43.7%

Veg

6.7%

Oils

3.7%

Other

0.8%

Pricing & size