Royal Canin

Royal Canin Maxi Dermacomfort review

Name: Royal Canin Maxi Dermacomfort
Brand: Royal Canin

31.6/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A large-breed food for skin that will not settle, built without a single named meat. Wheat and vegetable protein isolate lead, so most of the protein is plant protein. The skin case rests on fish oil, borage oil, flax seeds and a generous zinc figure. It lands in our Average band, and the list explains why.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large and giant adults whose skin needs the attention
Dogs that have reacted to common meats: no animal species is named
Seniors as well as adults
Fatty acid support built into the daily food
Zinc at 148 mg per kilo, strong for a dry food

Worth watching

Plant protein does less for a dog than meat protein, so the 25.0% on the pack counts for slightly less
Fish oil on the list, so not fish free
Wheat leads, worth a thought for a dog with a known wheat intolerance

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

How this scores

How we score

31.6/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large and giant adults and seniors; the label asks 276 grams a day at 26kg. Give a new bag several weeks before judging the skin and coat.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Royal Canin Maxi Dermacomfort 31.6

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis is workable; the placing follows a list where almost nothing traces to a named animal, which for a dog reacting to meats is rather the point.

What's in it

WheatFirst on the list.
Vegetable protein isolateWith maize gluten, supplies most of the protein.
RiceSits gently with most dogs.
Animal fatsNo species given.
Maize gluten, maize, husked oatsOats cook down easily and bring fibre.
Minerals
Hydrolysed animal proteinsThe only other animal entry, also unnamed. Rules the bag out as a fixed protein for a formal elimination trial.
Soya oil, beet pulp
Fish oil, flax seeds, borage oilThe skin case: long-chain omega 3, plant omega 3 and gamma-linolenic acid.
FOS, marigold extractPrebiotic, and lutein.

Vitamins A and D3 with a generous, fully dosed mineral panel, led by zinc at 148 mg per kilo, the mineral skin leans on hardest.

Crude fibre is only 1.6%, so this is not a bulky kibble.

Named ingredients

Wheat, vegetable protein isolate*, rice, animal fats, maize gluten, maize, husked oats, minerals, hydrolysed animal proteins, soya oil, beet pulp, fish oil, flax seeds, fructo-oligo-saccharides, borage oil, marigold extract (source of lutein).

Against the range

One large-breed skin recipe with no named meat: plant protein leads, and the skin support sits in the oils and the mineral panel.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

377.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

17%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

5.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

18.7%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

45.5%

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

1.3%

Carbs

74.9%

Veg

16.2%

Oils

6.4%

Other

1.2%

Pricing & size