Royal Canin

Royal Canin Mini Adult review

Name: Royal Canin Mini Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

40.8/100Average

DryAdult

A dependable everyday kibble for a small dog that is neither fussy nor delicate, and frank about being cereal first. Wheat flour opens the list. Pork, still rare in dog food, sits beside the poultry as a properly named second animal. It falls in our Average band on the weight of that cereal.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adults on a settled routine, with a kibble shaped for a little mouth
Owners who want at least one animal named outright
Dogs that have never met pork, which makes it new territory for many
Anyone who prefers a declared moisture figure to an assumed one

Worth watching

Wheat flour first, with maize, barley and whole wheat behind it
Poultry with no bird named, so the species can vary between batches
Fish oil in the small print, for a dog that steers clear of fish

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

How this scores

How we score

40.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. The kibble is dense, so weigh portions: the label gives 69 grams for a 4kg dog on its low activity row.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Mini Adult 40.8

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Cereal leading the list is what holds the score down, while the declared moisture and the named pork earn some of it back.

What's in it

Wheat flourBinds the kibble well. Also the grain most often named when a dog proves intolerant of one.
Dehydrated poultry proteinsNo bird named.
Maize flour
Animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteinsSpecies not given.
Dehydrated pork proteinsA good, palatable meat that is new to a great many dogs.
Maize, barley, wheatBarley is the pick of these, easily digested and carrying fibre.
Maize glutenLifts the protein figure without bringing any meat.
Minerals, beet pulp, yeasts products, fructo-oligosaccharidesFibre and prebiotic, with crude fibre modest at 1.4%.
Soya oil
Fish oil, algal oil Schizochytrium spThe long-chain omega 3s, which soya oil alone cannot supply.

Vitamins A and D3 with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, each dose printed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Wheat flour, dehydrated poultry proteins, maize flour, animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteins, dehydrated pork proteins, maize, barley, maize gluten, wheat, minerals, beet pulp, soya oil, yeasts products, fructo-oligosaccharides, fish oil, algal oil Schizochytrium sp

Against the range

One small breed kibble with wheat flour first on the list, ahead of the dehydrated poultry proteins. Pork is the one animal named outright. More cereal follows: maize flour, maize, barley, whole wheat and maize gluten. Fat is 16% and energy 391 kcal per 100g, with moisture declared at 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

391.2 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

16%

Fibre

1.4%

Ash

6.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

7.4%

Carbs

44.4%

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

34.9%

Carbs

59.5%

Oils

5.2%

Other

0.4%

Pricing & size