Royal Canin

Royal Canin West Highland White Terrier Adult review

Name: Royal Canin West Highland White Terrier Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

34.7/100Average

DryAdultSenior

An Average kibble that puts its effort where the westie usually needs it, on the skin. Linseed at 0.5%, borage oil at 0.1% and fish oil are all named. What holds the score down is the cereal opening the list and protein at a modest 21.0%. A westie already doing well on it has no reason to change.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult westies whose owners want skin and coat looked after from the bowl
Older westies as much as younger adults, as one bag covers both
Small breed teeth. Pentasodium triphosphate at 0.35% works on plaque
Dogs that eat poultry and pork happily
Choosier small eaters

Worth watching

Maize flour first, so the recipe opens on cereal
Wheat mid list, the part a sensitive westie's owner will read twice
Fish oil and pork proteins, so neither a fish-free nor a pork-free bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

34.7/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior westies. The label's own table asks 93 grams a day at 6kg and 136 grams at 10kg at low activity, well under our 15kg reference.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin West Highland White Terrier Adult 34.7

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The band is about proportions, cereal at the top and modest protein, while the skin and coat entries lower down do something useful.

What's in it

Maize flourOpens the list.
Dehydrated poultry proteinsA concentrated meat powder, named only to the bird family.
Rice, maize
Animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteinsFamily names only. The hydrolysed proteins help keep a choosy dog eating.
Dehydrated pork proteinsThe one named species, and unusual in a small breed recipe.
Wheat
Chicory pulp, fructo-oligosaccharidesA prebiotic pair for the gut's useful bacteria.
Soya oil, minerals with pentasodium triphosphate0.35%The triphosphate ties up calcium in saliva so soft plaque has a harder time turning to tartar.
Fish oil, linseed, borage oillinseed 0.5%, borage oil 0.1%The skin and coat entries: marine omega 3, plant omega 3 and gamma linolenic acid.
Marigold meal, glucosamine, hydrolysed cartilage

Vitamins A and D3 and trace minerals each dosed per kilo, plus clinoptilolite as a technological additive and preservatives and antioxidants named only as headings.

Linseed and borage oil percentages are small, and a coat answers over weeks, so give any change a proper stretch before judging it.

Named ingredients

Maize flour, dehydrated poultry proteins, rice, maize, animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteins, dehydrated pork proteins, wheat, chicory pulp, soya oil, minerals (including pentasodium triphosphate (0.35%)), fish oil, linseed (0.5%), fructo-oligosaccharides, borage oil (0.1%), marigold meal, glucosamine from fermentation, hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin). *L.I.P.: protein selected for its very high digestibility.

Against the range

A maize-led kibble for westies, with dehydrated poultry proteins second and rice third. The skin and coat entries sit lower down: linseed, borage oil and fish oil, with a dental salt alongside.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

391.8 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

16%

Fibre

1.4%

Ash

6.1%

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

6.6%

Carbs

51.7%

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

30.6%

Carbs

63.5%

Veg

0.7%

Oils

Other

1.2%

Pricing & size