Royal Canin

Royal Canin Mini Ageing Chunks In Gravy review

Name: Royal Canin Mini Ageing Chunks In Gravy
Brand: Royal Canin

41.3/100Average

WetAdultSenior

The senior pouch in Royal Canin's small-breed line, soft chunks in a light gravy for dogs whose teeth and appetite have eased off. It sits in our Average band. Vegetable protein extracts, third on the list, mean part of the protein comes from a plant the label never names.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older small-breed dogs, the dog this pouch is formulated around
Tired teeth that cope far better with soft chunks
A dog that picks at dinner and needs tempting back
More water going in, with moisture at 80.3%
Single-meal portions with nothing left to store

Worth watching

Vegetable protein extracts with no plant named; soya, maize and wheat are the usual sources
No animal or grain named, so the pouch cannot help narrow down a dog's safe ingredients
Carbohydrate at 21.3% of dry matter against 15.8% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

41.3/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult and senior dogs. Energy is modest at 89 kcal per 100g, so portions look large beside a richer wet food.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

The score, in context

Royal Canin Mini Ageing Chunks In Gravy 41.3

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A sound analysis on a list this brief can only go so far, and the protein it never names is what keeps it in the middle.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesA legal umbrella; the source can change between runs without a word changing.
CerealsNo grain named.
Vegetable protein extractsLifts the protein figure from an unnamed plant, less complete than animal protein.
Oils and fats
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Minerals, yeasts

Vitamin D3 and vitamin C, the one entry aimed squarely at an ageing dog, with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc dosed, plus clinoptilolite for the gravy's texture.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

Every entry is a legal category: meat and animal derivatives, cereals, vegetable protein extracts, oils and fats, derivatives of vegetable origin. No animal, grain or plant is named and nothing carries a percentage. The additives, by contrast, all have printed doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

88.6 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

5.1%

Fibre

0.9%

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

80.3%

Dry weight

Protein

40.6%

Fat

25.9%

Fibre

4.6%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

21.3%

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

37.5%

Added water

15.3%

Carbs

40.8%

Oils

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size