Royal Canin

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Urinary S/O 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 puts Urinary S/O in its Veterinary Diet range. It is a maize led kibble offered for dogs whose urinary mineral balance a vet is managing.

DryAdultSenior

Royal Canin's Urinary S/O is a maize-led kibble for dogs whose urinary mineral balance a vet is managing, and we do not score it. Minerals sit sixth on the list, because the mineral profile is what the diet controls. Protein is held to 19.6% of dry matter, the intended shape of a urinary diet.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose vet has recommended a urinary diet
Owners who want the trace minerals dosed per kilo on the label
A dense kibble, printed at 388 kcal per 100g
A feeding table that runs from a 2kg dog up to 80kg

Worth watching

Every animal entry is a category, so it cannot tell an exclusion plan what it rules out
Fish oil and soya oil in a recipe that otherwise reads as bird
Portions are the vet's to set; the table on the pack sits below that

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs, fed on a vet's advice. Confirm the daily amount with the vet treating your dog before relying on the table.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

What's in it

Maize flour, riceStarch ahead of any meat.
Animal fatsNo species named.
Dehydrated poultry proteinsPoultry as a category.
Maize gluten
MineralsHigh up, since the mineral profile is the point of the diet. Calcium comes out at 0.54% of dry matter.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsAgain, no species.
Vegetable fibres
Soya oil, fish oilThe fish oil puts fish in the bag.
Fructo-oligosaccharides, marigold meal
Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids esterified with citric acidAn emulsifier, keeping the fat even through the kibble.

Vitamins A and D3 with zinc, manganese, iron, copper, iodine and selenium, each dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Maize flour, rice, animal fats, dehydrated poultry proteins, maize gluten, minerals, hydrolysed animal proteins, vegetable fibres, soya oil, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides, mono- and diglycerides of palmitic and stearic acids esterified with citric acid, marigold meal.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

388 kcal/100g

Protein

18%

Fat

17%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

6.6%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

19.6%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

7.2%

Carbs

52.3%

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

13.9%

Carbs

72.6%

Veg

1.2%

Oils

9.4%

Other

2.9%

Pricing & size