Royal Canin

Royal Canin Medium Light Weight Care review

Name: Royal Canin Medium Light Weight Care
Brand: Royal Canin

43.7/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A diet food that behaves like one, sitting in our Average band. Fibre is pushed up, fat held down and protein kept high at 29.3% of dry matter, so the weight that comes off is fat and not muscle. The score is a judgement on the ingredients list, not on whether it works.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium breed dogs heavier than they ought to be
Dogs that beg between meals, since fibre at 12.8% of dry matter keeps them feeling fed
Muscle protected while the fat comes off
Joints under strain from extra weight: glucosamine and chondroitin sources are both on the list

Worth watching

Cellulose powder and vegetable fibres carry much of the bulk, fillers by design
Fish oil and hydrolysed crustaceans rule out dogs kept off fish or shellfish
Maize, wheat, barley and maize gluten crowd the upper list

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

How this scores

How we score

43.7/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium adult and senior dogs. The ration for weight loss is smaller than maintenance, so set it from your dog's target weight and not its current one.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Medium Light Weight Care 43.7

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The score reads the long, generic ingredients list; the analysis shows a properly built weight recipe, and those two pull in different directions.

What's in it

Dehydrated poultry proteinA family name with no bird behind it.
Vegetable fibresSecond on the list, which tells you what kind of food this is.
Maize, wheat, barley, maize glutenThe plants carry a lot of the load.
Hydrolysed animal proteins, maize flour, animal fats, rice
Beet pulp, cellulose powderCellulose is purified plant fibre, all but indigestible. A filler by design: it fills the bowl without calories.
Vegetable protein isolate, yeasts and parts thereofThe isolate helps the protein figure along.
Fish oil, soya oilFish oil carries the omega 3s.
Minerals, FOS, psyllium husks and seeds, hydrolysed yeast
Hydrolysed crustaceans, hydrolysed cartilageSources of glucosamine and chondroitin, with no dose given.
Marigold extractLutein.

A complete panel, with L-carnitine at 200 mg per kilo to help move fat to where it is burned; calcium is not declared.

Fish oil and hydrolysed crustaceans: not for a dog kept off fish or shellfish.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated poultry protein, vegetable fibres, maize, wheat, barley, maize gluten, hydrolysed animal proteins, maize flour, animal fats, rice, beet pulp, cellulose powder, vegetable protein isolate*, yeasts and parts thereof, fish oil, minerals, fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husks and seeds, soya oil, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin).

Against the range

One recipe. Poultry protein leads, vegetable fibres follow, and cellulose, beet pulp and psyllium push fibre to 12.8% of dry matter while fat is held at 12.0% and energy falls to 304 kcal per 100g.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

303.6 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

11%

Fibre

11.8%

Ash

4.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

12%

Fibre

12.8%

Ash

5.2%

Carbs

40.7%

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

41.9%

Carbs

41.8%

Veg

15.3%

Oils

0.7%

Other

0.3%

Pricing & size