Royal Canin

Royal Canin German Shepherd Adult review

Name: Royal Canin German Shepherd Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

37.4/100Average

DryAdult

A rice-based breed kibble in our Average band, and an uncomplicated bowl for an adult shepherd with a settled stomach. Dehydrated poultry protein sits right behind the rice, and the joint pair is sourced in print. What it will not tell you is which animals are in it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult German Shepherds and other big working-shaped dogs
Dogs kept away from wheat. None appears on the list
Owners who want glucosamine and chondroitin named with their sources
Dogs that do better on more fibre, at 4.0% from beet pulp and vegetable fibres

Worth watching

Hydrolysed crustaceans supply the glucosamine, so shellfish is in the bag
No species named on the poultry, the animal fats or the hydrolysed proteins
Fish oil in the fat blend

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

How this scores

How we score

37.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult shepherds. The label asks 318 grams a day for a 30kg dog at low activity; scale from there and let the ribs do the judging.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin German Shepherd Adult 37.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis holds up; the score falls on a concentrated plant protein near the top and animal entries that name nothing specific.

What's in it

RiceOpens the list.
Dehydrated poultry proteinWater already gone, so it stays high after baking. Any domestic bird.
Animal fatsSpecies unnamed.
Vegetable protein isolateLifts the protein figure without adding meat.
Maize flour
Hydrolysed animal proteinsAny species at all.
Vegetable fibres, minerals, beet pulp
Soya oil, fish oil, copra oilFish oil is the marine omega 3; copra is coconut, a quick-burning fat.
Hydrolysed yeast, hydrolysed crustaceans, hydrolysed cartilageMOS for the gut, glucosamine from shellfish, chondroitin from cartilage.
Marigold extractSource of lutein.

Vitamins A and D3 with dosed trace minerals, among them zinc at 145 mg and selenium at 0.11 mg per kilo, plus a tea extract at 150 mg.

No moisture declared, so the dry matter figures assume the usual 8%.

Named ingredients

Rice, dehydrated poultry protein, animal fats, vegetable protein isolate*, maize flour, hydrolysed animal proteins, vegetable fibres, minerals, beet pulp, soya oil, fish oil, copra oil, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin).

Against the range

Rice first, dehydrated poultry protein second, and no wheat anywhere. A vegetable protein isolate sits fourth, so the protein figure is shared between bird and plants. Fat converts to 20.7% of dry matter from animal fats with soya, fish and copra oils, and estimated carbohydrate to 41.8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

385.4 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

19%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

20.7%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

41.8%

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

31.3%

Carbs

49.4%

Veg

8.6%

Oils

9.5%

Other

1.3%

Pricing & size