Royal Canin

Royal Canin Chihuahua Adult review

Name: Royal Canin Chihuahua Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

36.5/100Average

DryAdult

A kibble drawn around one very small dog, sitting in our Average band. A tartar-control agent, a joint pair and coat oils are folded into a conventional base. Rice and maize open the list, the animal side stops at poultry, and only one ingredient carries a percentage.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Chihuahua owners who want a recipe built for the breed
Tiny mouths that build tartar quickly. Pentasodium triphosphate slows it
Joint support from adulthood, with glucosamine and a chondroitin source
Dogs that do well on poultry and rice and want nothing fancier
Starting small, with a 1.5kg bag beside the 3kg

Worth watching

No species on the poultry, animal fats or hydrolysed proteins, so a strict elimination diet is out
Rice, maize and wheat gluten lead, so more of the recipe is cereal than meat
Soya oil and fish oil both in the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

36.5/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult Chihuahuas. The label feeds to bodyweight, from 24 grams a day at 1kg to 62 grams at 3.5kg, so weigh your dog first.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Chihuahua Adult 36.5

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The gap comes from how little the label declares, and a Chihuahua thriving on it is doing nothing wrong.

What's in it

Rice, maizeThe carbohydrate does most of the carrying.
Dehydrated poultry proteinsPulls more weight than its place suggests, but poultry is a category, not a species.
Wheat glutenMarked L.I.P., Royal Canin's own claim of very high digestibility.
Animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteinsNo animal named on either.
Beet pulp, vegetable fibresSteady digestion.
Minerals, including pentasodium triphosphate0.35%The only percentage on the label. It binds the calcium in saliva that would harden into tartar.
Fish oil, soya oil, borage oilThe coat work; borage brings gamma-linolenic acid.
Fructo-oligosaccharides, marigold meal
Glucosamine, hydrolysed cartilageThe joint pair, listed without doses.

Fully dosed down to the selenium, with clinoptilolite at 5 g as a technological additive.

Named ingredients

Rice, maize, dehydrated poultry proteins, wheat gluten*, animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteins, beet pulp, minerals (including pentasodium triphosphate (0.35%)), vegetable fibres, fish oil, soya oil, fructo-oligosaccharides, borage oil, marigold meal, glucosamine from fermentation, hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin). *L.I.P.: protein selected for its very high digestibility.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

373.3 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

28%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

5.2%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.8%

Fat

17.6%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

5.7%

Carbs

43.7%

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

19.9%

Carbs

73.8%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

4.4%

Other

0.8%

Pricing & size