Royal Canin

Royal Canin Puppy Dachshund review

Name: Royal Canin Puppy Dachshund
Brand: Royal Canin

42.9/100Average

DryPuppy

A Dachshund puppy kibble that starts on joints early, and it sits in our Average band. Hydrolysed crustaceans and cartilage close the list as sources of glucosamine and chondroitin. The meat, the fats and the hydrolysed proteins are all left unnamed, which is what holds it down.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dachshund puppies, the breed the recipe and its feeding guide are built around
Owners thinking about joints from the start
Households avoiding wheat: rice and maize carry the starch
Pups with plenty to burn, at 389 kcal per 100g against 376 typical
A young gut, with yeast-sourced MOS and FOS at 0.34%

Worth watching

No dose for either joint source
Poultry, animal fats and hydrolysed proteins with no species, so no elimination trial
Fish oil and shellfish both in the bowl
No calcium figure on a bag sold for growth

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

How this scores

How we score

42.9/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed puppies, Dachshunds in particular. Follow the chart on the bag and check the ribs every couple of weeks.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Puppy Dachshund 42.9

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Several thoughtful touches, joint sources and prebiotics among them, sit on protein built from categories, and transparency is where it loses most.

What's in it

Dehydrated poultry proteinDried, so the declared weight is near what reaches the kibble. Poultry can be any domestic fowl.
Rice, maizeThe starch, with no wheat or maize gluten anywhere.
Vegetable protein isolatePlant protein, source not given.
Animal fatsNo species named.
Beet pulp
Hydrolysed animal proteinsUnnamed again.
Soya oil, fish oilFish oil brings long chain omega 3 for a young brain and coat.
FOS, hydrolysed yeast, yeast extracts0.34% FOSPrebiotics for a young gut.
Marigold extractSource of lutein.
Hydrolysed crustaceans, hydrolysed cartilageGlucosamine and chondroitin, present but not measured. Shellfish, for an allergy list.

Vitamin A at 27000 IU, D3 at 700 IU and E at 550 mg per kilo, with every trace mineral dosed and yucca extract at 125 mg to keep stool odour down.

No calcium figure printed. Less of a worry for a breed that finishes small, but missing on a growth bag.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

388.7 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

16%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

7.6%

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

8.3%

Carbs

40.1%

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

41.4%

Carbs

45.8%

Veg

6.4%

Oils

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size