Royal Canin

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Gastrointestinal 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.

In the Veterinary Diet range this one is called Gastrointestinal, a rice and poultry kibble Royal Canin puts forward for dogs whose digestion is under veterinary management.

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Royal Canin's Gastrointestinal kibble, a rice and poultry food for dogs whose digestion is under veterinary management. The pack declares its highly digestible protein sources at 67.4% and fat sources at 12.3%. Energy is declared at 412 kcal per 100g.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose digestion a vet is managing
Soluble fibre from psyllium husks, with beet pulp and vegetable fibres alongside
Two declared prebiotics, FOS and a yeast source of MOS
DHA from a named algal oil
Small bowls go further: 412 kcal per 100g

Worth watching

Not a restricted or single protein food, and not sold as one
Poultry stays a category, and the hydrolysed animal proteins name no source
Egg powder and fish oil, worth raising during an elimination trial

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors, fed on a vet's advice. The bag's table runs from 45 grams a day at 2kg to 714 grams at 80kg; the vet who prescribed it settles your dog's amount.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

What's in it

RiceLeads the list.
Dehydrated poultry proteinsPoultry stays a category.
Maize
Animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteinsNeither names a source.
Egg powder, yeasts products
Beet pulp, soya oil, vegetable fibres, minerals
Fish oil
Psyllium husks and seedsThe soluble fibre that takes up water.
FOS, yeasts (MOS)The two prebiotics.
Algal oil, marigold mealThe algal oil is the named DHA source.

Taurine at 1.5 g per kilo, vitamin E at 500 mg and vitamin C at 300 mg, with clinoptilolite at 5g as a technological additive.

Named ingredients

Rice, dehydrated poultry proteins, maize, animal fats*,hydrolysed animal proteins, egg powder, yeasts products, beet pulp, soya oil*, vegetable fibres, minerals, fish oil*, psyllium husks and seeds, fructo-oligosaccharides, algal oil Schizochytrium sp. source of DHA)*, yeasts (source of manno-oligosaccharides), marigold meal. Highly digestible protein sources: 67.4%, *Highly digestible fat sources: 12.3%.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

412 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

20%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

6.4%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

27.8%

Fat

22.2%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

40.8%

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

7.3%

Carbs

11.3%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

13.5%

Other

67.8%

Pricing & size