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Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Hypoallergenic Adult Dry 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.

Hypoallergenic sits in Royal Canin's Veterinary Diet range. It is an adult kibble whose proteins have been hydrolysed into small fragments, offered for dogs being worked through a suspected food reaction with a vet.

DryAdultSenior

Royal Canin's hydrolysed adult kibble for dogs being worked through a suspected food reaction with a vet. We do not put a score on it. Hydrolysis breaks each protein into fragments far smaller than the whole ingredient carries, and both named protein sources have been through it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult and senior dogs on a vet-led plan for a suspected food reaction
Owners who want each protein source's contribution printed: soya isolate at 17.6%, poultry liver at 5.0%
A low fibre bowl, at 1.2% of dry matter
A feeding table from 172 grams for a 10kg dog to 488 grams at 40kg

Worth watching

Animal fats with no species, fish oil, and poultry liver that is still poultry material: put all three in front of your vet for a strict trial
The energy figure of 388 kcal per 100g is an estimate

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors, fed to a plan the vet sets. Check the feeding amount with the practice before the first bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

What's in it

Rice flourOpens the list.
Hydrolysed soya protein isolate17.6%The main protein, broken into small fragments.
Animal fatsNo species named.
Rice48.1% carbohydrate source
Hydrolysed poultry liver5.0%Hydrolysed, though still poultry material.
Beet pulp, minerals
Soya oil, fructo-oligosaccharides
Fish oilA fish-derived ingredient in the food.
Borage oil, marigold meal

Vitamins A and D3 with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium per kilo, plus clinoptilolite as a technological additive.

Named ingredients

Rice flour, hydrolysed soya protein isolate, animal fats, rice, hydrolysed poultry liver, beet pulp, minerals, soya oil,fructo-oligosaccharides, fish oil, borage oil, marigold meal.Protein sources: hydrolysed soya protein isolate (17.6%), hydrolysed poultry liver (5.0%). Carbohydrate sources: rice (48.1%).

Against the range

Rice flour and rice carry the carbohydrate, and both named proteins, soya protein isolate and poultry liver, are hydrolysed. Animal fats, fish oil, soya oil and borage oil make up the fat side.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

388 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

21%

Fat

19%

Fibre

1.1%

Ash

6.2%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.1%

Fat

20.9%

Fibre

1.2%

Ash

6.8%

Carbs

48%

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

11.3%

Carbs

48.9%

Oils

8.9%

Other

30.9%

Pricing & size