Royal Canin

Royal Canin Mini Light Weight Care review

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

46.5/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A light kibble for small dogs carrying too much weight, and it does what it sets out to do. Fat comes down to 11%, crude fibre climbs to 8.6% and protein holds at 30%, so muscle is protected while calories fall. It sits in our Average band, mostly because no animal on the label is named.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs carrying extra weight, at 337 kcal per 100g
Owners who want a bowl that still looks like a meal. The fibre bulks it out
Dogs whose joints feel the extra weight
Owners who like L-carnitine printed with a dose, at 200 mg per kilo

Worth watching

No species against the poultry, the animal fats or the hydrolysed proteins
Cellulose powder among the fibres, bulk with no nutrition of its own
Hydrolysed crustaceans and fish oil, so shellfish and fish both feature

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

How this scores

How we score

46.5/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult and senior dogs. A target weight agreed with your vet should set the portion, since a small dog on a plan eats a fraction of our 15kg figure.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Mini Light Weight Care 46.5

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Average mostly on naming and on how the fibre is built, while the analysis is pointed squarely at the job.

What's in it

Dehydrated poultry proteinWater already gone, so a substantial part of the kibble. No species named.
Maize, barley, rice, maize flour
Vegetable fibres, beet pulp, cellulose powder, psylliumThe engine of the recipe. Psyllium is the most useful; cellulose is close to pure indigestible fibre.
Vegetable protein isolate, maize gluten
Hydrolysed animal proteins, animal fatsNeither names an animal.
Fish oil, soya oil, borage oilBorage supplies gamma linolenic acid.
Yeasts, minerals, fatty acid salt, FOSThe salt is a processing aid.
Hydrolysed crustaceans, hydrolysed cartilageGlucosamine and chondroitin, present but not measured.
Marigold extractLutein.

L-carnitine at 200 mg per kilo helps hold muscle while fat comes off, with zinc at 134 mg and iron at 35 mg among the minerals.

No dose is printed for the glucosamine or the chondroitin.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

337.1 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

11%

Fibre

8.6%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

12%

Fibre

9.3%

Ash

5.4%

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

40.1%

Carbs

46.4%

Veg

12.4%

Oils

0.7%

Other

0.3%

Pricing & size