Royal Canin

Royal Canin Veterinary Health Nutrition Mature 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 runs this one in its Veterinary Health Nutrition range as Mature, a cereal based kibble the maker aims at older dogs whose care a vet is overseeing.

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Royal Canin's Mature veterinary kibble, aimed at older dogs whose care a vet is overseeing. We put no score on it. What follows is what the label declares and what the analysis works out at.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs already on this diet at their vet's direction
Owners who need dosed vitamins and trace minerals in print, from vitamin A to selenium
Dogs that eat cereal without trouble, as maize and wheat lead the list
A higher-fibre bowl: crude fibre reads 7.9% of dry matter

Worth watching

Pork protein, the one animal entry with a species
Animal fats and hydrolysed animal proteins with no species, and fish oil bringing fish in
No energy figure on the pack. The 343 kcal is our own calculation

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium adult and senior dogs. Anything your vet has written for your dog takes precedence over the feeding table on the pack.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Poultry

What's in it

MaizeOpens the list.
Dehydrated poultry proteinPoultry covers a family of birds.
Wheat flour, wheatTwo separate entries.
Vegetable fibres, maize flour
Animal fatsNo species named.
Dehydrated pork proteinThe detail to spot if your dog has been kept off pork.
Maize gluten, hydrolysed animal proteinsThe hydrolysed proteins name no species.
Beet pulp, minerals, fish oil, soya oil
Dried tomato pulp0.84%Flagged on the label as a lycopene source.
Fructo-oligosaccharides, borage oil, marigold mealBorage oil for its fatty acids.

Vitamins A and D3 and six trace minerals dosed per kilo, plus clinoptilolite, a mineral clay binder, and lecithin as an emulsifier.

A veterinary diet: feed it on your vet's advice, and ask them what the proportions mean for your dog.

Named ingredients

Maize, dehydrated poultry protein, wheat flour, wheat, vegetable fibres, maize flour, animal fats, dehydrated pork protein*, maize gluten, hydrolysed animal proteins, beet pulp, minerals, fish oil, soya oil, dried tomato pulp (source of lycopene) (0.84%), fructo-oligo-saccharides, borage oil, marigold meal.

Against the range

A cereal-based veterinary kibble for older dogs under a vet's care. Maize, wheat flour and wheat take most of the top of the label, with dehydrated poultry protein set among them and pork protein further down.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

343.4 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

14%

Fibre

7.2%

Ash

5.7%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25.3%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

7.9%

Ash

6.3%

Carbs

45.1%

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

26.1%

Carbs

67.4%

Veg

4.7%

Oils

1.6%

Other

0.2%

Pricing & size