Royal Canin

Royal Canin Medium Adult In Loaf review

Name: Royal Canin Medium Adult In Loaf
Brand: Royal Canin

40.8/100Average

WetAdult

A smooth, rich loaf for medium adult dogs, in our Average band because the label names so little. The bowl itself reads well: protein converts to 42.9% of dry matter and fat to 26.6%. You are trusting the recipe here, with no way to read it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium adult dogs, the build it is written for
Dogs that prefer a solid loaf they can take cleanly off a spoon
A dog that does well on a richer bowl
A low-residue meal, with fibre at 2.5% of dry matter
Keeping one brand across dry and wet

Worth watching

No animal named, so nothing to work with on an exclusion trial
Unnamed cereals, which need not be the same grain from batch to batch
The pack's feeding rows look to have gone wrong; go by condition and your vet
Minerals high on a short list, with ash at 9.9% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

40.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium-sized adult dogs. Do not lean on the pack's feeding table; watch your dog's condition and adjust.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium

The score, in context

Royal Canin Medium Adult In Loaf 40.8

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The gap to the typical wet food is one of disclosure, with nothing wrong in the cooking, and a dog thriving on this loaf is not a dog with a problem.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesAny warm-blooded land animal qualifies.
CerealsAny grain. The estimated carbohydrate of 18.1% of dry matter keeps them in a supporting role.
MineralsThird on six entries points to a real inclusion.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Oils and fatsFat from any source.
YeastsB vitamins, cell-wall fibres for gut bacteria and a savoury note.

Vitamins D3, C and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, each dosed, plus clinoptilolite, a natural clay that helps the loaf keep its shape.

The feeding rows we hold for this pack are too small to be a day of food for the dogs they sit beside.

No energy figure is declared, so the calories are our estimate.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

A six-entry loaf where four of the entries are categories: meat and animal derivatives, cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, and oils and fats. Minerals sit third and yeasts close the list. The added vitamin and trace mineral panel is fully dosed and is the most specific writing on the pack.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

89.3 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

8.7%

Fat

5.4%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

79.7%

Dry weight

Protein

42.9%

Fat

26.6%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

18.1%

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

40.6%

Added water

14.7%

Carbs

33.2%

Oils

2.6%

Other

8.9%

Pricing & size