Royal Canin

Royal Canin Mini Adult Morsels In Gravy review

Name: Royal Canin Mini Adult Morsels In Gravy
Brand: Royal Canin

41.2/100Average

WetAdultSenior

Royal Canin's small breed thinking in a pouch, sitting in our Average band. Little chunks in a thin gravy suit dogs who would sooner pick at something than lap a smooth block. The list is a run of category terms, so the animals and grains behind it are never named.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs who turn their nose up at a smooth loaf
Small breed adults and older small dogs alike; the maker lists it for both
Owners who would sooner open a fresh pouch each meal than store a part-used tray
Dogs who need more water going in, with moisture declared at 81.1%
Small dogs who gain weight easily. It runs to 87 kcal per 100g, against 97 for the typical adult wet food

Worth watching

Category terms fill the whole list, so it cannot keep a dog clear of one named animal or grain
Carbohydrate estimated at 20.2% of dry matter, where the typical adult wet food sits at 15.8%
The label's feeding rows look wrong: 216 g a day for a 10kg dog supplies well under half its energy

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

How this scores

How we score

41.2/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults and seniors. Ignore the printed feeding rows and portion by energy and your dog's waistline.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

The score, in context

Royal Canin Mini Adult Morsels In Gravy 41.2

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Almost all of the distance from the middle of the wet shelf is made of unknowns, and a low placement is no health warning.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesDefined broadly enough to cover any warm blooded land animal. It cannot tell you which animal your dog ate this week.
CerealsEqually open ended; no grain is named.
Oils and fats
Derivatives of vegetable originPart of this is structural, thickening the gravy and holding the morsels in shape.
Minerals, yeasts

Every additive carries a dose, from vitamin D3 at 160 IU per kilo to zinc at 28 mg, and clinoptilolite at 2 g is a technological aid with no nutritional role.

The printed feeding rows put a 10kg dog on 216 g a day, well under half the energy it needs.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

86.7 kcal/100g

Protein

7.6%

Fat

5.2%

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

81.1%

Dry weight

Protein

40.2%

Fat

27.5%

Fibre

4.2%

Ash

7.9%

Carbs

20.2%

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%

Added water

16.1%

Carbs

32.6%

Oils

7.2%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size