Royal Canin

Royal Canin Digestive Care Loaf review

Name: Royal Canin Digestive Care Loaf
Brand: Royal Canin

38.8/100Average

WetAdultSenior

A small-dog loaf aimed at unsettled digestion, in 85 g portions, and in our Average band. The list is six category terms and stops there, so the gentle intent lives in the name, not on the label. Fibre at 6.2% of dry matter is the one figure that points to a digestive recipe.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adults with unsettled digestion
Identical meals, a sealed 85 g serving each time
Dogs that eat better from a smooth loaf than chunks in jelly
Older small dogs, listed alongside adults
A gentle level of richness, fat converting to 27.1% of dry matter

Worth watching

No animal, grain or oil named, so a reaction cannot be traced
Nothing on the pack says what makes it easier on digestion
Various sugars at the tail of the list

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

How this scores

How we score

38.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult and senior dogs. The label's guide asks 382.5 grams a day for a 5kg dog, so count the trays that takes before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

The score, in context

Royal Canin Digestive Care Loaf 38.8

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Six category terms leave the meat side of the reading little to work with; the gap to the typical wet food is about disclosure, and the analysis itself is unremarkable in a good way.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesA warm-blooded land animal, and nothing further.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
CerealsCould be rice, wheat or both, in a different order next month.
Oils and fats
Minerals
Various sugarsA small quantity, for palatability and colour.

Dosed line by line, modestly: iron at 5mg and zinc at 14mg per kilo, with vitamin D3 at 190 IU. Clinoptilolite helps the loaf hold together.

Energy is not declared, so the 91 kcal per 100g is our estimate.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives, derivatives of vegetable origin, cereals, oils and fats, minerals, various sugars.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

90.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

8.6%

Fat

5.7%

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

1.9%

Moisture

79%

Dry weight

Protein

41%

Fat

27.1%

Fibre

6.2%

Ash

Carbs

16.7%

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

38.9%

Added water

14%

Carbs

40.4%

Oils

4.2%

Other

2.5%

Pricing & size