Royal Canin

Royal Canin Miniature Schnauzer Puppy review

Name: Royal Canin Miniature Schnauzer Puppy
Brand: Royal Canin

40.9/100Average

DryPuppy

A breed specific growth food for the miniature schnauzer, sitting in our Average band. The fibre side has clearly been thought about, with chicory pulp and psyllium both on the list, and fat is modest for a puppy food at 14.0%. Where it struggles is naming: the poultry, the fats and the hydrolysed protein give no species.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Miniature schnauzer puppies, the breed the recipe and the chart are written for
Pups doing better on a leaner growth diet
A fibre package with some thought in it: chicory pulp, psyllium husks and seeds
Extras dosed in print, such as L-carnitine at 50 mg per kilo and fructo-oligo-saccharides at 0.34%
First time owners who want the sums done, with a feeding guide keyed to a 6 kg adult weight

Worth watching

Dehydrated poultry protein names no bird, and the fats and hydrolysed proteins name no animal
Maize, wheat flour, wheat and maize gluten, so no use for a pup kept off either grain
Fish oil on the list rules out a fish free plan
No calcium figure, the one a growth label is asked for above all

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

How this scores

How we score

40.9/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed puppies, specifically the miniature schnauzer. Weigh each meal against the chart for your pup's expected adult weight, because a dog this size notices every extra gram.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Miniature Schnauzer Puppy 40.9

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The recipe is aimed sensibly at a small growing dog, and the score follows how little the label names behind its meat, fats and hydrolysed protein.

What's in it

Dehydrated poultry proteinA dried meat, but poultry means any domestic fowl, and the bird can change with supply. A pup with a suspected intolerance loses its only clue.
Maize, rice
Vegetable protein isolateThird on the list.
Wheat flour, wheat, maize flour, maize glutenMaize gluten raises the protein reading with plant protein, which dogs make less of.
Animal fatsNo animal named.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsUnnamed again.
Chicory pulp, psyllium husks and seedsThe nicest thing on the list: two soluble fibres for the useful gut bacteria.
Minerals, fish oil, soya oil
Fructo-oligo-saccharides, hydrolysed yeast, yeast extracts0.34% FOSRounds out the prebiotic side.
Borage oil, marigold extractBorage brings gamma linolenic acid for skin and coat. A schnauzer's furnishings take some looking after.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, manganese, iron, copper, iodine and selenium, each printed by the kilo, plus L-carnitine and yucca extract for stool odour.

No calcium figure. The risk is small for a breed finishing around 6 kg, but a growth label ought to carry it.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated poultry protein, maize, vegetable protein isolate*, rice, wheat flour, animal fats, wheat, maize flour, maize gluten, hydrolysed animal proteins, chicory pulp, minerals, fish oil, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides (0.34%), psyllium husks and seeds, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), borage oil, yeasts extracts (source of betaglucans), marigold extract (source of lutein).

Against the range

One growth kibble for a breed finishing around 6 kg. Dehydrated poultry protein leads a list built mostly from maize and wheat fractions, with a careful fibre package and fats that are only partly named.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

376 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

14%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

7.9%

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

Ash

8.6%

Carbs

41.6%

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

38.9%

Carbs

48.1%

Veg

10%

Oils

2.4%

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size