Royal Canin

Royal Canin Maxi Joint Care Adult review

Name: Royal Canin Maxi Joint Care Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

35.5/100Average

DryAdultSenior

An Average joint-care kibble for the biggest dogs in the house. Hydrolysed collagen is declared at 0.84%, chondroitin comes from hydrolysed cartilage, and green tea extract is dosed at 2.5 g per kilo. Around them sits a maize-led recipe with fibre lifted to keep a big appetite occupied.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Giant breed adults whose joints are showing their mileage
Seniors as much as adults; the bag covers both
A big dog that needs to stay lean, with crude fibre at 6.3% and fat held to 15.0%
An antioxidant with a printed dose, green tea extract
Heavy dogs that eat quickly, since high fibre gives the bowl staying power

Worth watching

No glucosamine on the list: the joint support is collagen and chondroitin, neither with a printed dose
Maize leads, with wheat, maize flour and maize gluten behind
Poultry protein, animal fats and hydrolysed proteins name no species
Fish oil, so not for a fish-free diet

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

How this scores

How we score

35.5/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for giant breed adults and seniors. Use the bag's own table, which asks 360 grams for a 26kg dog and 534 grams at 44kg, and adjust by condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Maxi Joint Care Adult 35.5

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Most of the distance to the typical dry food is about naming; read as a joint food for a giant breed that eats it happily, it does what it set out to do.

What's in it

MaizeFirst in the bag; a cereal-led recipe.
Dehydrated poultry proteinWater out before mixing, so it does real work. Poultry names no bird.
Wheat, animal fatsThe fats name no animal.
Vegetable fibresHigh on the list, the quiet feature.
Vegetable protein isolate, maize flour, ricePlant protein raising the figure, which a dog handles less well than meat.
Hydrolysed animal proteins, maize gluten
Beet pulpA reliable friend to stool quality.
Fish oil, yeasts, minerals, soya oilOmega 3 from the fish oil.
Hydrolysed collagen0.84%Supplies the amino acids cartilage is built from.
Marigold extract, hydrolysed cartilageLutein, and chondroitin.

Vitamins A and D3 with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, each dosed, plus green tea extract at 2.5 g and clinoptilolite at 10 g per kilo.

Moisture is left off the pack, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Maize, dehydrated poultry protein, wheat, animal fats, vegetable fibres, vegetable protein isolate*, maize flour, rice, hydrolysed animal proteins, maize gluten, beet pulp, fish oil, yeasts and parts thereof, minerals, soya oil, hydrolysed collagen (0.84%), marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

351.8 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

15%

Fibre

6.3%

Ash

6.3%

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

6.8%

Ash

6.8%

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

26.1%

Carbs

60.6%

Veg

6.8%

Oils

5.5%

Other

1.1%

Pricing & size