Royal Canin

Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Adult review

Name: Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Adult
Brand: Royal Canin

42.4/100Average

DryAdult

An Average-band kibble for yorkies, and the reason sits in second place on the list. Wheat gluten follows the dehydrated poultry, so a good share of the declared 28.0% protein is wheat. For a yorkie thriving on it, this is still a settled, very palatable everyday food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult yorkshire terriers and similar toy breeds, fed from 2kg to 4kg
Long coats, with fish oil and borage oil at 0.1% on the list
Small portions. 384 kcal per 100g puts the energy into a modest bowl
A little dog starting to stiffen, with glucosamine and hydrolysed cartilage both included
Fussy toy breeds

Worth watching

Wheat gluten second, so a meaningful share of the protein is plant protein
Maize and maize gluten close behind, for a dog kept off cereal
Poultry never named as a species, and fish oil among the oils

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

How this scores

How we score

42.4/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Written for adult yorkshire terriers. Feed from the label's table, which runs from 47 grams a day at 2kg to 79 grams at 4kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Adult 42.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis reads well on paper; the wheat gluten propping up the protein and the unnamed animal entries hold it back.

What's in it

Dehydrated poultry proteinsA promising start, though the bird is never named.
Wheat glutenClose to pure protein. The label's asterisk about very high digestibility belongs to this, not to the poultry.
Rice, animal fats, maize, maize glutenThe cereal side. Carbohydrate stays at 41.2% of dry matter.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsPalatability, from an unnamed source.
Vegetable fibres, beet pulp
Minerals, including pentasodium triphosphate0.35%
Fish oil, soya oilMarine omega 3 from the fish oil.
Yeasts, dried tomato pulp, fructo-oligosaccharidesLycopene from the tomato; the rest feeds the gut.
Borage oil0.1%Gamma linolenic acid for the coat.
Glucosamine, marigold meal, hydrolysed cartilageJoint support with no dose printed.

Vitamins A and D3 with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, all dosed per kilo, plus clinoptilolite as a technological additive.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated poultry proteins, wheat gluten*, rice, animal fats, maize, maize gluten, hydrolysed animal proteins, vegetable fibres, beet pulp, minerals (including pentasodium triphosphate (0.35%)), fish oil, soya oil, yeasts products, dried tomato pulp (source of lycopene), fructo-oligosaccharides, yeasts (source of manno-oligosaccharides), borage oil (0.1%), glucosamine from fermentation, marigold meal, hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin). * L.I.P.: protein selected for its very high digestibility.

Against the range

One toy-breed kibble. Dehydrated poultry proteins lead, wheat gluten follows, and rice, maize and maize gluten make up the cereal side. Coat and joint extras sit lower down, with no doses printed, and no animal entry names its species.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

383.6 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

28%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

5.1%

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

5.5%

Carbs

41.2%

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

40.1%

Carbs

52.1%

Veg

1.2%

Oils

5.9%

Other

0.7%

Pricing & size