Royal Canin

Royal Canin Giant Junior review

Name: Royal Canin Giant Junior
Brand: Royal Canin

46.7/100Average

DryPuppy

An Average-band growth food that gets the one figure a giant pup most needs exactly right: calcium at 1.41% of dry matter. Where it falls down is naming. Most of the meat carries a category name and no animal, so the label is easier to feed from than to read.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners of giant breed pups who check the calcium line first
Big pups still growing hard, at 391 kcal per 100g against 376 for a typical puppy kibble
Joint and brain ingredients in the everyday bowl: glucosamine, hydrolysed cartilage and an algal DHA oil
A digestive package on the label, beet pulp and psyllium among it
A fully declared analysis, moisture and ash included

Worth watching

No named bird anywhere, which rules it out for an elimination diet
Wheat gluten, wheat flour, maize and maize flour for a cereal-free home
Soya oil and fish oil on the list
No dose on the joint or DHA entries

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

How this scores

How we score

46.7/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for giant breed puppies in their second growth stage. Feed from the bag's chart, set by adult weight from 45kg to 100kg, and adjust to the pup's shape.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Giant Junior 46.7

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The naming drives the reading here, with category terms where the animals should be; the numbers themselves are ordinary, not poor.

What's in it

Dehydrated poultry proteinHolds its weight into the kibble, but poultry could be any bird.
Maize, maize flour, riceThe grain-forward base.
Animal fatsNo animal named.
Wheat gluten, wheat flourThe gluten is concentrated plant protein, so part of the 31.0% protein comes from cereal.
Beet pulp, psyllium husks and seeds, FOSGentle digestive help; fibre is modest.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsNames nothing at all.
Minerals, soya oil, yeast products, fish oil
Hydrolysed yeast0.30%A source of MOS and betaglucans.
Algal oil (Schizochytrium)Declared as a source of DHA for brain and eye development.
Yucca, marigold meal, glucosamine, hydrolysed cartilageJoint entries with no dose.

Vitamins A and D3 with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, all dosed per kg.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated poultry protein, maize, maize flour, rice, animal fats, wheat gluten*, wheat flour, beet pulp, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, soya oil, yeasts products, fish oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husks and seeds, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides and betaglucans) (0.30%), algal oil Schizochytrium sp. (source of DHA), Yucca Schidigera juice, marigold meal, glucosamine from fermentation, hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin).

Against the range

One growth kibble for the second half of a giant breed's growing. Dehydrated poultry protein leads, maize, rice and wheat carry the base, and the analysis is printed in full, calcium included.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

390.6 kcal/100g

Protein

31%

Fat

16%

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

7.6%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

33.7%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

1.4%

Ash

8.3%

Carbs

39.2%

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

37.6%

Carbs

57.8%

Oils

3.6%

Other

Pricing & size