Royal Canin

Royal Canin Pug Puppy review

Name: Royal Canin Pug Puppy
Brand: Royal Canin

42.7/100Average

DryPuppy

A rich, small-kibble growth food written around the pug, from the feeding chart to the piece size. The analysis holds up, but the label commits to very little: the bird is unnamed, maize appears three ways and there is no calcium figure. It sits in our Average band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pug puppies, with a chart written for the weight the breed grows into
Pups who take their energy in small mouthfuls
Skin and coat, with borage oil and fish oil both named
Young digestions settling in, helped by FOS at 0.34% and beet pulp
A first bag that is a small one

Worth watching

No species on the poultry, fats or hydrolysed proteins, so no exclusion trial
Maize three ways: maize, maize flour and maize gluten
Fish oil on the list
No calcium declared on a food sold for growth

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

How this scores

How we score

42.7/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Made for pug puppies. The chart climbs from 127 g a day to a peak of 161 g, so read it again each month.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Pug Puppy 42.7

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis is respectable on its own; unnamed meat, a maize-heavy base and no calcium in print on a growth food pull it down.

What's in it

Dehydrated poultry proteinA dried meat, so close to what the kibble receives. Poultry commits to no bird.
Rice, maize
Animal fatsNo species.
Beet pulpFibre most puppies handle without fuss.
Maize flour, vegetable protein isolate, maize glutenPlant concentrates lift the protein number without matching animal protein.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsAgain unnamed.
Fish oil, soya oil, minerals
Fructo-oligo-saccharides, hydrolysed yeast, yeasts extracts0.34% FOSPrebiotics and betaglucans.
Borage oilGamma linolenic acid, common in recipes aimed at skin comfort.
Marigold extract

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, all dosed per kilo; clinoptilolite at 10 g is a manufacturing clay, not a nutrient.

No calcium figure on a growth food. A pug finishes small, which makes this less pressing, but the figure ought to be there.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

One breed-specific growth kibble for a pug heading towards 8 kg. Dehydrated poultry protein leads, rice and maize carry the starch, and maize turns up again as flour and gluten. The poultry, the fats and the hydrolysed proteins name no species. Fat is declared at 18.0%, and calcium does not appear on the panel.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

376.7 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

18%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

7.6%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.9%

Fat

19.8%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

8.4%

Carbs

38.3%

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

38.7%

Carbs

53.1%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

5.7%

Other

0.8%

Pricing & size