Royal Canin

Royal Canin Skin Care 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 one through its Skin Care range as a dermatological kibble, built around a package of oils for dogs whose skin and coat are being managed on veterinary advice.

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A dermatological kibble from Royal Canin's Skin Care range, built around a package of oils for dogs whose skin and coat are being managed on veterinary advice. It is a veterinary diet, so we put no score on it. What follows is what the label declares.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose skin and coat are being managed on a vet's advice
Fish oil, linseed and borage oil all in the recipe
A prebiotic listed by name, fructo-oligo-saccharides
Adult and senior dogs

Worth watching

No meat named; the animal fats and hydrolysed animal proteins give no species
Wheat gluten second on the list
No percentage printed against any of the oils

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors. The bag's own table asks 180 grams a day at 10kg and 510 grams at 40kg; whether it belongs in your dog's routine is for the vet handling the skin work.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Fish

What's in it

MaizeOpens the label.
Wheat gluten, maize gluten
Rice, maniocManioc is also named as tapioca.
Animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteinsThe animal contribution, with no species given.
Minerals, beet pulp, vegetable fibres
Soya oil, fish oil
LinseedThe plant form of omega 3.
Mono- and diglycerides esterified with citric acidHolds the fats evenly through the kibble.
Fructo-oligo-saccharidesThe prebiotic.
Borage oil, marigold mealBorage is a familiar source of gamma linolenic acid.

Vitamin A at 29000 IU and vitamin D3 at 800 IU per kilo, with zinc at 151 mg and manganese at 59 mg among the trace minerals. Clinoptilolite, a mineral clay, is printed at 5 g as a technological additive.

Energy is our estimate; the pack does not declare it.

Named ingredients

Maize, wheat gluten*, rice, manioc (tapioca), animal fats, maize gluten, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, beet pulp, soya oil, fish oil, vegetable fibres, linseed, mono - and diglycerides of palmitic and stearic acids esterified with citric acid, fructo-oligo-saccharides, borage oil, marigold meal.

Against the range

A veterinary diet, so we print no score. Maize opens the label with wheat gluten, rice and manioc behind it, and no meat is named anywhere: the animal side is animal fats and hydrolysed animal proteins, with fish oil further down. Linseed and borage oil sit in the lower half. No moisture is declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375.4 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

5.6%

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

6.1%

Carbs

49.3%

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

2.9%

Carbs

86.2%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

4.2%

Other

6.5%

Pricing & size