Royal Canin

Royal Canin French Bulldog Adult review

Name: Royal Canin French Bulldog Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

40.7/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A pork-led kibble for one breed, and pork is rare enough on a British shelf to make it a genuinely different bowl. Rice and wheat come first on the list, which is much of why it lands in our Average band. Glucosamine, chondroitin and L-carnitine at 100 mg per kilo fill the small print.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog bored of poultry and lamb. Pork is the first meat named
Adult and older French Bulldogs
Help with body condition, from L-carnitine at 100 mg per kilo
A heavy-set dog beginning to stiffen, with glucosamine and chondroitin on the list

Worth watching

Wheat second on the list
Animal fats and hydrolysed animal proteins name no species, so the pork cannot carry an elimination plan
Fish oil in the recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

40.7/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior French Bulldogs. At 404 kcal per 100g against a typical 357 it is a dense kibble: the label asks 152 grams for a 12kg dog at low activity, so weigh the scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Royal Canin French Bulldog Adult 40.7

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing dramatic either way: grain ahead of the meat and unnamed animal entries hold it a rung under the middle of the shelf.

What's in it

Rice
WheatThe grain most often in the frame when a dog does not tolerate something.
Animal fatsNo species.
Dehydrated pork proteinThe headline animal, and an uncommon one. Water gone before weighing.
Vegetable protein isolateProtein from a plant, not meat.
Dehydrated poultry protein, hydrolysed animal proteinsThe second names no animal.
Beet pulp, minerals
Fish oil, soya oil
Fructo-oligo-saccharides, marigold extractA prebiotic, and lutein from the marigold.
Hydrolysed crustaceans, hydrolysed cartilageSources of glucosamine and chondroitin.

L-carnitine at 100 mg per kilo for how the body handles fat, and zinc, which skin leans on hardest, at 142 mg per kilo.

Named ingredients

Rice, wheat, animal fats, dehydrated pork protein, vegetable protein isolate*, dehydrated poultry protein, hydrolysed animal proteins, beet pulp, minerals, fish oil, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin).

Against the range

Rice and wheat form the biscuit, with animal fats third and dehydrated pork protein the first meat named. Poultry protein supports it, and a vegetable protein isolate adds plant protein. The hydrolysed animal proteins and animal fats carry no species. The tail brings joint sources from crustaceans and cartilage, a prebiotic and marigold for lutein.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

403.5 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

18%

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.6%

Fat

19.8%

Fibre

1.4%

Ash

6.6%

Carbs

43.6%

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

18.4%

Carbs

67.2%

Veg

4.2%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size