Royal Canin

Royal Canin Medium Dermacomfort review

Name: Royal Canin Medium Dermacomfort
Brand: Royal Canin

32.9/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A skin diet for the medium breed dog whose coat will not settle, built almost entirely without named meat. That is deliberate: common animal proteins are the usual suspects when skin flares. The oils and a generous zinc dose do the real work.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium breed dogs with itchy, unsettled skin
Owners who want the skin nutrients in print. Zinc is 150 mg per kilo, with borage oil for GLA
Dogs that have reacted to common meats, as no named meat appears
A dull, tired coat, with fat at 18.7% of dry matter plus flax seed and fish oil

Worth watching

Fish oil in the omega package, so not a fish-free food
Hydrolysed animal proteins and animal fats that name no species, unsuited to a strict elimination trial
Wheat third on the list

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

How this scores

How we score

32.9/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium adults and seniors. If you are trying to prove exactly what your dog reacts to, talk to your vet about a diet designed for that first.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Royal Canin Medium Dermacomfort 32.9

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Leaving the animal ingredients unnamed is what holds the reading down, and it says nothing about whether the food does the skin job it is for.

What's in it

RiceAbout the most benign cereal a kibble can be built on.
Vegetable protein isolateA concentrated plant protein, carrying much of the protein in place of meat.
WheatThird on the list.
Animal fatsNo species named. Keeps the food palatable.
Maize gluten, husked oats, maizeMore plant protein and starch.
Minerals
Hydrolysed animal proteinsBroken small enough that most immune systems ignore them, but the animal is not named.
Soya oil, beet pulp
Fish oil, flax seeds, borage oilThe skin work: EPA and DHA, plant omega 3, and GLA from the borage.
Fructo-oligo-saccharides, marigold extractMarigold supplies lutein.

Zinc lifted to 150 mg per kilo, with manganese and iron at 67 mg, copper, iodine and selenium, and vitamins A and D3.

Calcium is not declared, a modest gap on a food written for adults.

Named ingredients

Rice, vegetable protein isolate*, wheat, animal fats, maize gluten, husked oats, maize, 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

Rice leads and a vegetable protein isolate follows, with wheat, maize gluten, oats and maize behind them. No meat is named anywhere: the animal entries are animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteins and fish oil. The skin work sits with borage, fish and flax oils and a zinc dose of 150 mg per kilo.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

378 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

17%

Fibre

1.4%

Ash

5.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

18.7%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

46.9%

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