Royal Canin

Royal Canin Sensitivity Control Adult 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.

Royal Canin sells this kibble under its Sensitivity Control name, a duck and tapioca recipe the maker puts forward for adult dogs whose food reactions are being worked through with a vet.

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Royal Canin's duck and tapioca kibble for adult dogs whose food reactions are being worked through with a vet. We do not put a score on it. Tapioca brings energy without bringing another protein along, which is why a limited ingredient recipe reaches for it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs on a vet-led plan for food reactions
Duck as the only bird actually named
A dog that may need to lose a little, with fat at 9.9% of dry matter and 320 kcal per 100g
Fibre from three sources, plus a prebiotic

Worth watching

Hydrolysed poultry proteins and animal fat with no species, and fish oil and soya oil on the list, so this is a sensitivity aid, not a strict single protein exclusion
One feeding table row prints oddly: the 80kg row reads 887 grams, below the row above

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs, fed on a vet's advice. Where your own dog lands on the feeding table is a conversation for the practice that recommended the food.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Duck

What's in it

Manioc (tapioca)47.0%Starch and very little besides, which is the point.
Dehydrated duck protein28.0%The only named bird.
Vegetable fibresInsoluble fibre.
Hydrolysed poultry proteins4.2%A category, with no species behind it.
Minerals
Animal fatNo source given.
Beet pulp
Fish oil, soya oil
Psyllium husks and seeds, fructo-oligo-saccharidesThe soluble fibre, and a prebiotic.
Marigold meal

Vitamins A and D3 with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium per kilogram; preservatives and antioxidants are named only by category.

Named ingredients

Manioc (tapioca), dehydrated duck protein, vegetable fibres, hydrolysed poultry proteins, minerals, animal fat, beet pulp, fish oil, psyllium husks and seeds, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, marigold meal. Protein sources: dehydrated duck protein (28.0%), hydrolysed poultry proteins (4.2%). Carbohydrate source: tapioca (47.0%).

Against the range

Tapioca carries the carbohydrate at 47.0%, dehydrated duck protein leads the protein at 28.0%, and hydrolysed poultry proteins add 4.2%. Three fibre sources and a prebiotic follow, and fat and calories are held down on purpose.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

320.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

21%

Fat

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

7.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.1%

Fat

9.9%

Fibre

4.9%

Ash

8.6%

Carbs

53.5%

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

64.2%

Carbs

2.6%

Veg

8.8%

Oils

3.2%

Other

21.2%

Pricing & size