Royal Canin

Royal Canin Renal Thin Slices In Gravy review

We don't put a score on this food. It is a veterinary diet, formulated for a diagnosed condition and meant to be fed on a vet's advice. Your vet has seen your dog and we have not, so a number from us could only pull you towards their advice or away from it, and neither of those is ours to do. What follows is what the label declares, what the analysis works out at, and where to buy it, with no judgement attached to any of it.

In its Renal range, Royal Canin sells this one as thin slices in gravy. The maker formulates it as nutritional support for dogs with reduced kidney function.

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Royal Canin formulates these thin slices in gravy as nutritional support for dogs with reduced kidney function. Protein is declared at 3.7%, which is 18.5% of dry matter, and calcium converts to 0.75%. Moisture is high at 80.0%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a renal plan their vet has put them on
A dog that needs to take on more fluid. Gravy and declared moisture of 80.0% both help
Picky eaters, who may find thin slices easier to face than a solid block
A low protein, low mineral bowl, with the energy from fat at 30.0% of dry matter

Worth watching

No phosphorus figure on the panel, the number renal owners tend to look for first. Ask the practice for it
Beef, pork, unnamed poultry, maize and fish oil all in one tray

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult and senior dogs. The daily amount should come from the vet managing the case, not the printed guide.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

What's in it

Poultry by-products16%The main protein source, with the bird not named.
Corn starch mixtureStarch does a lot of the work here.
Beef by-products, pork by-products3.3% and 3.1%
Maize flour
Refined sunflower oilWith the fish oil, the fats.
Minerals, powdered celluloseCellulose for fibre.
Pork blood products, dried beet pulp
Fish oil
Fructo-oligosaccharides, marigold meal

Vitamin D3 at 250 IU a kilo with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, plus clinoptilolite at 0.4g as a technological additive.

Phosphorus is not printed on the panel.

Named ingredients

Poultry by-products, corn starch mixture, beef by-products, pork by-products, maize flour, sunflower oil refined, minerals, powdercellulose, pork blood products, dried beet pulp, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides, marigold meal. Protein sources: poultry by-products (16%), beef by-products (3.3%), pork by-products (3.1%).

Against the range

One veterinary recipe, thin slices in gravy, built on poultry, beef and pork by-products with a corn starch mixture and maize flour behind them. Protein is held low and the calories come from fat and starch.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

93.7 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

3.7%

Fat

Fibre

0.6%

Ash

1.2%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

18.5%

Fat

30%

Fibre

Ash

Carbs

42.5%

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

63.7%

Added water

15%

Carbs

19.2%

Oils

1.1%

Other

Pricing & size