Royal Canin

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Satiety Weight Management 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 Veterinary Diet range as Satiety Weight Management, a dry diet the maker builds around a heavy fibre load for dogs being taken through a supervised weight loss programme.

DryAdultSenior

Royal Canin's satiety diet for dogs on a supervised weight-loss programme, and fibre is the whole mechanism. Crude fibre is declared at 17.0%, or 18.5% of dry matter, with fat held to 9.5%. It is a veterinary diet fed on a vet's advice, so we do not score it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs already on a vet-supervised weight-loss programme
A full bowl on less energy, at 256 kcal per 100g
Protein printed at 30.0%, or 32.6% of dry matter, alongside the low fat
Glucosamine and hydrolysed cartilage named on the list

Worth watching

Poultry, hydrolysed animal proteins and animal fats give no single species; fish oil is the only animal origin that is plain
Wheat gluten third on the list, with wheat and maize further down
Preservatives and antioxidants listed as headings with nothing named under them

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

The details

Dog fit

Sold for small adult and senior dogs on a weight-loss plan. The amount fed is the treatment itself, so go by the number your vet writes down.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

What's in it

Vegetable fibresFirst on the list, and the reason the diet works.
Dehydrated poultry proteinPoultry names the bird family, not one bird.
Wheat gluten, manioc (tapioca), maize glutenPlant fractions making up most of the top of the label.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsOrigin not given.
Wheat, maize
Animal fatsOrigin not given.
Beet pulp, psyllium husks and seedsMore fibre on top of the leading vegetable fibres.
Fish oil, soya oilFish oil is the one animal ingredient whose origin is plain.
Minerals, fructo-oligosaccharides, marigold meal
Glucosamine from fermentation, hydrolysed cartilageThe cartilage is named as the chondroitin source; neither has a percentage.

Vitamins A and D3 and trace minerals from zinc down to selenium, each dosed per kilo, with preservatives and antioxidants named only as headings.

Crude fibre at 18.5% of dry matter. That is the intended build of a satiety diet.

Named ingredients

Vegetable fibres, dehydrated poultry protein, wheat gluten*, manioc (tapioca), maize gluten, hydrolysed animal proteins, wheat, maize, animal fats, beet pulp, fish oil, minerals, psyllium husks and seeds, soya oil, fructo-oligosaccharides, glucosamine from fermentation, marigold meal, hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin).

Against the range

A dry weight-loss diet built around a heavy fibre load. Vegetable fibres lead the list, with dehydrated poultry protein, wheat gluten, manioc and maize gluten behind them, and beet pulp and psyllium adding to the fibre further down.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

256 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

17%

Ash

5.8%

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

10.3%

Fibre

18.5%

Ash

6.3%

Carbs

32.3%

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

33.5%

Carbs

32.7%

Veg

26.3%

Oils

1.1%

Other

6.5%

Pricing & size