Royal Canin

Royal Canin Miniature Schnauzer Adult review

Name: Royal Canin Miniature Schnauzer Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

39.4/100Average

DryAdultSenior

Average, one tier below the typical adult dry food, and a breed recipe whose breed choices are genuine. Modest fat suits a dog known for putting on weight, and the tartar agent is printed with its percentage. The band comes from the cereal weight and how little of the animal side is named.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Miniature Schnauzers and small dogs of a similar build
Dogs that gain weight without trying, at 362 kcal per 100g and 12% fat
Owners who worry about tartar. Pentasodium triphosphate binds the calcium in saliva
An older small dog with complaining joints, with glucosamine and chondroitin listed

Worth watching

Carbohydrate at 49.1% of dry matter against 46.2% for typical adult dry food, with wheat and maize glutens lifting the protein
Poultry, animal fats and hydrolysed animal proteins name no species, so a suspected sensitivity has nothing to work from
Fish oil on the list, and no quantity on either joint supplement

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

How this scores

How we score

39.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult and senior dogs. The label's low activity column puts a 5kg dog at 88 grams and an 8kg dog at 125 grams a day.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Miniature Schnauzer Adult 39.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Cereal and two glutens carry more of the bowl than the meat, which is what the band measures; the breed touches are real but sit outside it.

What's in it

RiceA sensible, easily digested base for a small dog.
Dehydrated poultry proteinsNo bird named, so chicken cannot be ruled in or out.
Maize, wheat gluten, maize glutenPlant protein lifting the analysis.
Animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteinsUnnamed animals.
Minerals, including pentasodium triphosphate0.35%The tartar agent, honestly printed.
Chicory pulp, vegetable fibres, FOS, psylliumChicory's inulin feeds the bacteria further down the gut.
Fish oil, soya oil, borage oilBorage adds gamma linolenic acid.
Glucosamine from fermentationNot from shellfish.
Marigold meal, hydrolysed cartilageCartilage is the chondroitin source.

Vitamins A and D3 with zinc at 144 mg and manganese at 60 mg per kilo among the trace minerals, plus clinoptilolite at 10 g as a technological additive.

Named ingredients

Rice, dehydrated poultry proteins, maize, wheat gluten*, maize gluten, animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals (including pentasodium triphosphate (0.35%)), chicory pulp, vegetable fibres, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides, psyllium husks and seeds, soya oil, borage oil, glucosamine from fermentation, marigold meal, hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin). *L.I.P.: protein selected for its very high digestibility.

Against the range

A breed kibble on rice and dehydrated poultry proteins, with maize, wheat gluten and maize gluten behind them and animal fats and hydrolysed animal proteins unnamed. Fat is held at 12%, and a sodium polyphosphate at 0.35% works on tartar.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

362.3 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.6%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

8.3%

Carbs

49.1%

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

26.4%

Carbs

68.3%

Veg

1.8%

Oils

2.7%

Other

0.8%

Pricing & size