Royal Canin

Royal Canin Light Weight Care Loaf review

Name: Royal Canin Light Weight Care Loaf
Brand: Royal Canin

38.9/100Average

WetAdultSenior

A slimming loaf whose analysis does exactly what the name promises, with protein up, fat held down and plenty of fibre. The wording is another matter. Four of its five entries are legal categories, so you cannot tell what is inside, and that is why it finishes in our Average band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A smaller adult dog with weight to lose
Dogs that only feel fed when the bowl is full, at 66 kcal per 100g
Holding muscle while the weight comes off
Dogs that finish too fast and ask again
Older small dogs on the same plan
Homes where the vet wants a lighter bowl and a softer texture

Worth watching

Category wording throughout, so no allergy trial on this loaf
Various sugars on a weight care label, though it sits last
An estimated energy figure, which matters when you are counting calories
Carbohydrate at an estimated 24.3% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

38.9/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Made for small adults and seniors on a reducing plan. The pack's rows run from 467.5 grams a day at 5 kg to 765 grams at 10 kg, so weigh the loaf.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

The score, in context

Royal Canin Light Weight Care Loaf 38.9

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The placing reads the label, which names none of its material, and has little to say about whether the loaf can help a dog slim.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesAny warm-blooded land animal. Can change with the pouch reading the same.
Derivatives of vegetable originAlmost anything worked up from a plant.
CerealsAny grain, in any combination.
MineralsAn ingredient here, not a footnote, which shows in the ash.
Various sugarsSmall at this position, for taste and colour. No figure printed.

Vitamin D3 with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, every line dosed per kilo; clinoptilolite at 2.0 g is a technological aid.

No oils and fats entry, so the only fat is what comes in with the animal material.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

A five-entry loaf in which four entries are legal categories: meat and animal derivatives, derivatives of vegetable origin, cereals and various sugars. There is no oils and fats entry, so fat stops at 12.1% of dry matter while protein converts to 45.8% and fibre to 8.9%. Carbohydrate is estimated at 24.3% of dry matter against a typical 15.8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

66.1 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

8.7%

Fat

2.3%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

1.7%

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

45.8%

Fat

12.1%

Fibre

8.9%

Ash

8.9%

Carbs

24.3%

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

38.2%

Added water

16%

Carbs

41.6%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size