Royal Canin

Royal Canin Medium Dental Care review

Name: Royal Canin Medium Dental Care
Brand: Royal Canin

34.4/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A short, deliberate recipe for one job, keeping tartar off a medium dog's teeth between brushes, and it sits in our Average band. Pentasodium triphosphate ties up the calcium in saliva. Fibre entries keep the kibble whole under a tooth, which is the other half of the dental work.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium dogs whose teeth build tartar quickly
Owners who cannot get a toothbrush near their dog
Dogs kept off wheat and soya
Fish-free households

Worth watching

Poultry protein and animal fats name no species, so no strict exclusion diet
Cellulose powder is there for bulk and bite, with almost no nutrition
Only a 10kg bag, so no small one to test the water

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

How this scores

How we score

34.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium-breed adults and seniors. The bag gives 220 grams for a 15kg dog and 321 for a 25kg one, so scale to your dog and watch the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Medium Dental Care 34.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

A food built around one job reads thin against a general nutrition scale; on its own terms, tartar, the recipe does what it says.

What's in it

Maize flourAhead of the meat.
Dehydrated poultry proteinChicken, turkey, duck or goose could all sit under this.
Rice
Animal fatsNo animal named.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsBroken down far enough that most immune systems walk past them.
Beet pulp, vegetable fibresStructure, so the kibble stays whole under a tooth.
Minerals
Cellulose powderPurified plant fibre a dog barely digests. Bulk and bite without calories.

Pentasodium triphosphate at 3.5 g per kilo does the dental work, beside dosed vitamins A and D3 and trace minerals.

No calcium figure, the omission a curious reader spots first on a food working with the minerals in saliva.

Named ingredients

Maize flour, dehydrated poultry protein, rice, animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteins, beet pulp, vegetable fibres, minerals, cellulose powder.

Against the range

Nine ingredients, cereal first: maize flour leads, then dehydrated poultry protein and rice. The animal side names no species. There is no wheat, no soya and nothing from fish, and the dental work sits in the additive panel.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

371.9 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

48.3%

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

32%

Carbs

59.4%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

5.3%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size