Royal Canin

Royal Canin Maxi Ageing In Loaf review

Name: Royal Canin Maxi Ageing In Loaf
Brand: Royal Canin

41.1/100Average

WetAdultSenior

A soft, rich loaf for big dogs in later life, with fat at 26.0% of dry matter and vitamin C added at 70 mg per kilo. Our Average band comes from what the label withholds. Four of its six ingredients are legal categories, and nutritional balance on its own reads Outstanding.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed dogs heading into old age, the group this loaf is written for
Older mouths that cope better with a soft loaf than firm chunks
A dog whose appetite has tailed off. A rich recipe puts more into a smaller serving
Owners who like an antioxidant named on the pack, here vitamin C at 70 mg per kilo
Seniors drinking less than they used to, as moisture is declared at 80.0%

Worth watching

Meat and animal derivatives covers the whole animal side, so a dog on a suspected intolerance has nothing to test against
Cereals come second and are never named
No calorie figure on the pack. The energy we show is our own estimate

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

How this scores

How we score

41.1/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior large breed dogs. The printed feeding rows come to less than a day of calories for the weights beside them, so treat them as part of a ration and check the waistline.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

The score, in context

Royal Canin Maxi Ageing In Loaf 41.1

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The analysis is sound; it is the unnamed ingredients that hold the score down.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesProcessed carcass material and flesh from any warm blooded land animal. No species named.
CerealsGrain of any description, free to vary between production runs.
Derivatives of vegetable originProcessed plant material, unnamed.
Oils and fatsFat from any animal or plant.
Minerals
YeastsB vitamins, cell wall fibres for gut bacteria and a savoury note an older dog notices.

Vitamin C at 70 mg per kilo is the ageing signal, alongside vitamin D3, zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine, with clinoptilolite at 2 g per kilo holding the loaf together.

Four of six ingredients are legal categories, so a dog with a suspected intolerance cannot be trialled on this.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives, cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, oils and fats, minerals, yeasts.

Against the range

Six entries on the label, and four of them are legal categories: meat and animal derivatives, cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, oils and fats. None of them names a single animal, grain or plant, so the recipe can change behind the same wording. Yeasts are the one entry that explains itself.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

87.6 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

8.4%

Fat

5.2%

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

1.6%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

42%

Fat

26%

Fibre

Ash

Carbs

20%

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

39.1%

Added water

15%

Carbs

37.6%

Oils

4.2%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size