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Royal Canin French Bulldog Puppy review

Name: Royal Canin French Bulldog Puppy
Brand: Royal Canin

41.4/100Average

DryPuppy

The richest recipe in Royal Canin's breed puppy line, built so a dog not made to eat by volume gets a small, dense portion. It sits in our Average band. Pork protein is the thoughtful entry here, an uncommon meat for a breed prone to itchy skin.

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Our view

Likely to suit

French Bulldog puppies, the breed it is drawn up around
Small dense feeders: 414 kcal per 100g against 376 for the typical puppy dry food
Pups that have never eaten pork
Joint support from the start, from hydrolysed crustaceans and cartilage
Owners who like the additive panel spelled out in full

Worth watching

No calcium in the analysis, the mineral that governs bone growth
Rice first and wheat third, so not one for a cereal-avoiding home
Poultry, animal fats and hydrolysed animal proteins name no species
Crude fibre at 1.2%, light for a growth kibble

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

How this scores

How we score

41.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Written for French Bulldog puppies. The pack guide works from a 10 kg finished adult and steps down through the months, so weigh each meal against your pup's current age.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin French Bulldog Puppy 41.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Energy density shaped for the breed helps, and a cereal-led list with animal ingredients nobody can identify holds it down.

What's in it

RiceOpens the recipe.
Dehydrated poultry proteinAny of chicken, turkey, duck or goose, and it can change between batches.
Wheat
Vegetable protein isolate
Animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteinsNo species on either.
Beet pulpThe fibre entry, in a fairly small amount.
Dehydrated pork proteinUncommon in dog food, so a pup is unlikely to be sensitive to it yet.
Minerals, soya oil, fish oilBrings soya and fish into the allergen picture.
Fructo-oligo-saccharides, hydrolysed yeast, yeast extracts0.34% FOSFOS, MOS and beta glucans for the gut.
Hydrolysed crustaceans, marigold extract, hydrolysed cartilageGlucosamine, lutein and chondroitin, each from a named source.

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

No calcium figure on the bag. Ash at 8.0% shows a generous mineral load but not the calcium inside it.

No moisture is declared, so dry matter leans on a standard 8% for kibble.

Named ingredients

Rice, dehydrated poultry protein, wheat, vegetable protein isolate*, animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteins, beet pulp, dehydrated pork protein, minerals, soya oil, fish 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

Rice leads, dehydrated poultry protein is second and wheat third, with no percentage on any meat. Dehydrated pork protein is the one animal named. Energy is 414 kcal per 100g on fat declared at 20.0%, and the gut and joint supports at the tail come from named sources.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

414 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

20%

Fibre

1.2%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

21.7%

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

35.7%

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

31.1%

Carbs

57.2%

Veg

6.3%

Oils

4.1%

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size