Royal Canin

Royal Canin Mini Puppy Chunks In Gravy review

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

40.3/100Average

WetPuppy

A small-breed puppy pouch whose label is written entirely in legal categories, and that is the main reason it lands in our Average band. The analysis is meatier than the list suggests: protein at 38.5% and fat at 28.8% of dry matter. What a reader cannot do is check what went in.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed puppies; chunk size and portions are built for them
Pups that drink too little. Almost four fifths of each pouch is moisture
Single-serve pouches that open fresh at each meal
Fussy eaters that come alive for gravy
A wet topper over a dry diet

Worth watching

No species or cut named anywhere, so nothing for an elimination diet
No meat percentage on the pouch
No calcium figure on a growth food
Carbohydrate at an estimated 18.8% of dry matter against 13.6% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

40.3/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed puppies. Set the amount by the pack's growth chart and the shape of your pup, and keep adjusting.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

The score, in context

Royal Canin Mini Puppy Chunks In Gravy 40.3

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The analysis is respectable for growth; the shortfall is in what a reader is allowed to verify.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesAny warm-blooded land animal, from the very best parts to the very ordinary.
Oils and fatsA family, not an ingredient.
CerealsUnnamed grains.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
MineralsAsh at 9.1% of dry matter, but no calcium figure.
Yeasts

Vitamin D3 with zinc, iron, copper, manganese and iodine dosed per kilo, plus clinoptilolite, a manufacturing clay and not a nutrient.

A recipe written in categories can change within its wording from batch to batch, so a reacting pup gives you nowhere to look.

Calcium is not printed, though small breeds are more forgiving on it than large ones.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

One wet growth food in gravy-coated chunks. Every line on the list is a legal category, from meat and animal derivatives to cereals, with no meat share and no calcium printed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

92.6 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

Ash

1.9%

Moisture

79.2%

Dry weight

Protein

38.5%

Fat

28.8%

Fibre

4.8%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

18.8%

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

43.3%

Added water

14.2%

Carbs

25%

Oils

13%

Other

4.5%

Pricing & size