Royal Canin

Royal Canin X-Small Adult review

Name: Royal Canin X-Small Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

41.8/100Average

DryAdult

A very small kibble for very small adults, in our Average band. At 400 kcal per 100g, a 3kg dog gets what it needs from a modest bowl. Behind the dried poultry sits a long run of cereals, and no animal on the label is given a name.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs of about 4kg and under, with a feeding table from 1kg
Small stomachs that cannot hold much at a sitting
Fibre small guts handle well: psyllium husks and chicory pulp
Toy breeds prone to early tartar, with pentasodium triphosphate at 0.35% in the minerals
Dogs happy on poultry and rice

Worth watching

Wheat and maize in more than one form, glutens among them
Fish oil and algal oil, so not fish free
No species named for any animal entry, a limit when tracing a reaction

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

How this scores

How we score

41.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for toy and small adult dogs. Check the life stage on the pack matches your dog, since it is written for adults only.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin X-Small Adult 41.8

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis is unremarkable in the good sense; a long cereal run behind the meat and no animal named to species are what pull it down.

What's in it

Dehydrated poultry proteinsAlready dried, so no shrinkage to allow for. The bird is not named.
Rice
Animal fatsNo species.
Wheat flour, wheat, maize flourThe cereal stack doing the structural work.
Maize gluten, wheat glutenPlant proteins that lift the protein figure; a dog gets less from them than from meat.
Hydrolysed animal proteins
Chicory pulp, psyllium husks and seeds, FOSPrebiotics and soluble fibre.
Minerals, incl. pentasodium triphosphate0.35%The tooth entry.
Soya oil, yeasts products
Fish oil, algal oilThe algal oil supplies EPA and DHA directly.

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

Named ingredients

Dehydrated poultry proteins, rice, animal fats, wheat flour, wheat, maize flour, maize gluten, wheat gluten, hydrolysed animal proteins, chicory pulp, minerals (including pentasodium triphosphate (0.35%)), psyllium husks and seeds, soya oil, yeasts products, fructo-oligosaccharides, fish oil, algal oil Schizochytrium sp. (source of EPA and DHA).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

400.5 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

18%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

5.6%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

6.1%

Carbs

46.4%

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

39.3%

Carbs

51.2%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

8.3%

Other

0.8%

Pricing & size