Royal Canin

Royal Canin Sterilised Loaf review

Name: Royal Canin Sterilised Loaf
Brand: Royal Canin

40.2/100Average

WetAdultSenior

A soft-set loaf in 85g servings for the neutered adult dog whose energy needs have dropped, and it sits in our Average band. Every ingredient is a category term, so no animal and no grain is ever named. The score follows from how little the label declares, not from anything troubling in the loaf.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Neutered dogs whose appetite has outlasted their energy needs
Smaller dogs, the size this loaf is written for
Older dogs, since the same loaf carries on through the senior years
A lighter bowl: fat at 21.1% of dry matter and an estimated 77 kcal per 100g
Dogs that treat the water bowl as optional, at 81.0% moisture

Worth watching

No animal and no grain named, so it cannot work as an elimination diet
Various sugars with no figure beside them
Carbohydrate at an estimated 20.0% of dry matter, a little over the 15.8% wet norm

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

How this scores

How we score

40.2/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult and senior dogs. Royal Canin's guide runs from 382.5 grams a day at 5kg to 1062.5 grams at 20kg, so work out how many servings that is for your dog.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

The score, in context

Royal Canin Sterilised Loaf 40.2

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The analysis is sensible for a lighter adult diet; the placement records a label that asks to be trusted, with almost nothing on it a scoring system can check.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesA legal umbrella with no species or proportion attached. Not a hygiene concern.
CerealsAny grain at all.
Derivatives of vegetable originAlmost anything grown or refined from a plant.
Minerals
Various sugarsAdded for palatability, level not declared.
Oils and fatsNo source given for the 4.0% fat.

A short panel, each entry dosed: vitamin D3 at 190 IU per kilo with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc.

With no animal or grain named, a dog with a diagnosed allergy cannot be managed on this label.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives, cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, various sugars, oils and fats.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

76.7 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

8.4%

Fat

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

44.2%

Fat

21.1%

Fibre

6.8%

Ash

7.9%

Carbs

20%

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

37.6%

Added water

16%

Carbs

40.9%

Oils

1.5%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size