Royal Canin

Royal Canin Cocker Puppy review

Name: Royal Canin Cocker Puppy
Brand: Royal Canin

43.3/100Average

DryPuppy

Average, held back by its list more than its numbers. Protein is declared at 32.0%, the highest of Royal Canin's breed puppy recipes, and moisture is printed, so the dry matter figures rest on a real number. Behind that sits dehydrated poultry protein with no bird named, then maize, wheat and four more cereals.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Cocker Spaniel puppies, the breed it is written around
Protein at the top of the growth range, 35.2% of dry matter
Early joint care, with hydrolysed crustaceans and hydrolysed cartilage named as the sources
A settling gut: psyllium, beet pulp and fructo-oligo-saccharides at 0.34%
That Cocker coat, with borage oil at 0.1% and fish oil on the list

Worth watching

Maize gluten lifts the protein figure with plant protein, and wheat appears twice
Dehydrated poultry protein names no bird and carries no percentage
No calcium figure, the mineral a growth food is usually judged on
The 375 kcal per 100g is our estimate; the pack declares none

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

How this scores

How we score

43.3/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for Cocker Spaniel puppies, who finish medium sized. The pack guide works towards a 12 kg adult, so re-read it as your pup gains.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Cocker Puppy 43.3

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis is the better half here; the ingredient list, with its unnamed meat and six cereals, is what holds the reading down.

What's in it

Dehydrated poultry proteinThe only meat. Poultry can mean chicken, turkey, duck or goose, and no percentage is given.
Maize
Animal fatsNo animal named.
Vegetable protein isolate, beet pulpBeet pulp for bulk.
Wheat, wheat flour, rice, maize gluten, maize flourMaize gluten is a milling by-product there to raise the protein, which a puppy uses less well than meat protein.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsAs unspecific as the poultry.
Fish oil, soya oil, minerals
Yeasts, fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husks and seeds, hydrolysed yeast, yeast extracts0.34% FOSThe strongest part of the label: soluble fibre and prebiotics for the gut.
Borage oil, marigold extract0.1% borageBorage is rich in gamma-linolenic acid, sensible on a breed with that much coat.
Hydrolysed crustaceans, hydrolysed cartilageNamed sources of glucosamine and chondroitin, neither dosed.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, all dosed per kilo, plus clinoptilolite and yucca extract.

No calcium figure on the analysis, the one a growth food is usually judged on.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated poultry protein, maize, animal fats, vegetable protein isolate*, beet pulp, wheat, wheat flour, rice, maize gluten, hydrolysed animal proteins, maize flour, fish oil, minerals, soya oil, yeasts and parts thereof, fructo-oligo-saccharides (0.34%), psyllium husks and seeds, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), yeasts extracts (source of betaglucans), borage oil (0.1%), marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin).

Against the range

One breed-specific puppy bag. A single unnamed meat entry heads it and cereal follows in six forms. The strongest part of the label is the long functional tail: psyllium, prebiotics, borage oil and a named source for each joint compound.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

32%

Fat

18%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

7.7%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

35.2%

Fat

19.8%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

34.5%

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

40.3%

Carbs

44%

Veg

6.5%

Oils

8.7%

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size