Royal Canin

Royal Canin Pug Adult review

Name: Royal Canin Pug Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

36.9/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A kibble written for one flat-faced breed, and for a settled adult pug that eats it happily it is an easy, very consistent bowl. Rice comes first and the poultry is never named to a bird. It lands in our Average band for the cereal and the naming, and that is no warning about what is in the bag.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want food formulated around the pug, not small dogs in general
An older and a younger pug in one house; the bag covers adult and senior
Dogs fine on poultry and cereal, which do most of the work here
A pug starting to stiffen, with glucosamine and a chondroitin source named
A fixed, widely stocked recipe to buy week after week

Worth watching

Poultry with no species, so it cannot anchor an elimination plan
Wheat and maize in several forms, for a pug that reacts to cereal
Fish oil throughout, so it is not fish free
Carbohydrate estimated at 46.9% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

36.9/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior pugs. The label asks 93 grams a day at 6kg and 137 grams at 10kg, so weigh it rather than scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Pug Adult 36.9

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The cereal load and a label that names no species are what hold it to Average; nothing in the bag is a worry.

What's in it

RiceFirst on the list: a cereal biscuit with a meat powder built in.
Dehydrated poultry proteinsAlready dry, so the position is close to its real share. No bird is named.
Maize flour, maize, wheat flourSmall one by one, a large share together.
Animal fatsNo species given.
Maize gluten, wheat glutenPlant protein lifting the protein figure.
Hydrolysed animal proteins
Beet pulp, minerals, vegetable fibresMost of the fibre work, at a declared 2.0%.
Fish oil, soya oil, borage oilMarine omega 3s, and borage for gamma linolenic acid. Welcome on a breed with this many folds.
Fructo-oligosaccharides, marigold meal
Glucosamine from fermentation, hydrolysed cartilageNo dose printed for either.

A full trace mineral panel with zinc at 139 mg and selenium at 0.1 mg per kilo, vitamins A and D3, and clinoptilolite at 10 g as a processing aid.

Named ingredients

Rice, dehydrated poultry proteins, maize flour, animal fats, maize, wheat flour, maize gluten, wheat gluten*, hydrolysed animal proteins, beet pulp, minerals, vegetable fibres, fish oil, soya oil, fructo-oligosaccharides, 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

One rice-led kibble for adult pugs. Dehydrated poultry proteins sit second, and maize and wheat appear in five more entries between them. Fish oil and borage oil carry the skin side; glucosamine and hydrolysed cartilage close the list.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

389.6 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

5.8%

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

6.3%

Carbs

46.9%

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

25.2%

Carbs

68.9%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

5.3%

Other

0.3%

Pricing & size