Royal Canin

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Cardiac 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 places this one in its Veterinary Diet range as Cardiac, a rice-led kibble carrying dosed taurine, offered for dogs whose heart condition is being managed by a vet.

DryAdultSenior

Royal Canin's Cardiac is a rice-led kibble from its Veterinary Diet range, offered for dogs whose heart condition is being managed by a vet. We do not put a score on it. Taurine, dosed at 3.4 g per kilo, is the deliberate feature of the recipe.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult and senior dogs whose vet has recommended a cardiac diet
Owners who want the taurine dose printed on the bag
Small portions for the calories, with energy declared at 416 kcal per 100g
Vitamin E at 500 mg and vitamin C at 301 mg per kilo in the added panel

Worth watching

No sodium figure on the label, the number many owners of a heart patient are asked to watch
Poultry, animal fats and hydrolysed animal proteins all unnamed by species
No feeding table on the bag, so the portion comes from the vet

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult and senior dogs. Before ordering, ask the prescribing vet for the daily amount and the sodium question the label leaves open.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

What's in it

RiceThe lead ingredient.
Dehydrated poultry proteinPoultry is a category, so the bag never says whether it is chicken, turkey or duck.
Maize flour, maize gluten
Animal fatsUnnamed by species.
Egg powderThe one animal entry printed as itself.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsAlso unnamed.
MineralsNo breakdown, and no sodium figure behind it.
Beet pulp, vegetable fibres, fructo-oligo-saccharides
Fish oil, soya oil
Yeasts products, marigold meal

Taurine at 3.4 g per kilo, a dose well beyond a routine top-up, beside vitamin E at 500 mg, vitamin C at 301 mg and a full trace-mineral set.

Sodium is not declared. Put that question to the vet who prescribed the food.

Named ingredients

Rice, dehydrated poultry protein, maize flour, animal fats, maize gluten, egg powder, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, beet pulp, fish oil, vegetable fibres, soya oil, yeasts products, fructo-oligo-saccharides, marigold meal.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

415.8 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

20%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

Moisture

9.5%

Dry weight

Protein

28.7%

Fat

22.1%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

5.5%

Carbs

41.8%

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

31.6%

Carbs

61.3%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

5.7%

Other

1.1%

Pricing & size