Royal Canin

Royal Canin Rottweiler Puppy review

Name: Royal Canin Rottweiler Puppy
Brand: Royal Canin

46.4/100Average

DryPuppy

A growth kibble written for one breed, a rottweiler heading towards 45 kg, and in our Average band. The supplement side is generous, with L-carnitine at 300 mg per kilo and every added mineral dosed. What the label never prints is calcium, and for a giant breed puppy that is the number that counts.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Rottweiler puppies, with a chart written for a dog finishing around 45 kg
Joint nutrients from the start, glucosamine from hydrolysed crustaceans and chondroitin from cartilage
Big pups kept lean while they grow, fat held to 16.0%
At least one meat named outright, the dehydrated pork protein
One large appetite and one big bag

Worth watching

No calcium figure anywhere, so you cannot check the growth balance yourself
Unnamed bird, unnamed fats and unnamed hydrolysed proteins, nothing for an exclusion diet
Wheat flour and maize, plus fish oil
No dose on the glucosamine or chondroitin sources

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

How this scores

How we score

46.4/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed puppies, specifically the rottweiler. Ask Royal Canin for the calcium figure before you rear a big pup on it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Rottweiler Puppy 46.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The extras are real, but unnamed proteins and fats and a growth label with no calcium figure pull transparency down and the score with it.

What's in it

Dehydrated poultry proteinDried, so its weight carries through, but no bird is named.
Rice
Vegetable protein isolateThird on the list, plant protein under the meat.
Maize flour, maize, wheat flourThe rest of the starch middle.
Animal fatsNo animal named.
Dehydrated pork proteinThe only meat named to a species.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsNames nothing.
Minerals, beet pulp, vegetable fibres, psyllium husks and seedsRoughage, with psyllium as the soluble fibre.
Soya oil, fish oil
Fructo-oligo-saccharides, hydrolysed yeast, hydrolysed crustaceans, yeast extracts, marigold extract, hydrolysed cartilage0.34% for the FOSGut support, then the joint sources, none of them dosed.

Vitamins A, D3 and E and six trace minerals dosed per kilo, plus L-carnitine at 300 mg, the standout for holding a heavy breed lean.

No calcium figure on a food for a giant breed puppy. Ask the maker for it.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

One recipe for a single breed. Dehydrated poultry protein leads, rice, maize and wheat flour make the starch middle, and dehydrated pork protein is the only meat named to a species. The supplement package is full, with dosed L-carnitine and undosed joint sources.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

385.7 kcal/100g

Protein

31%

Fat

16%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

7.9%

Dry weight

Protein

33.7%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

Ash

8.6%

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

42.3%

Carbs

44.5%

Veg

9.9%

Oils

2.4%

Other

0.9%

Pricing & size