Royal Canin

Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Loaf review

Name: Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Loaf
Brand: Royal Canin

38.7/100Average

WetAdultSenior

A soft Yorkshire Terrier loaf in 85g servings, for a dog that eats in very small mouthfuls. It sits in our Average band because the label is written to the legal minimum, not because anything in the food is unsound. Buying it means trusting Royal Canin's judgement on what a very small dog needs.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Yorkies and other toy breeds, the dogs it is shaped and portioned for
Fussy little eaters, as a soft loaf carries aroma and asks nothing of the teeth
Owners who would rather not weigh anything out
Older small dogs, since it runs on into the senior years
Dogs that drink sparingly. Moisture is 78.0%

Worth watching

No animal, grain or oil named, so a suspected intolerance cannot be tested on it
Various sugars with no level declared
Crude ash at 10.0% of dry matter, if a vet is watching mineral intake

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

How this scores

How we score

38.7/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adults and seniors. A Yorkie weighs a fraction of the 15 kg benchmark, so its daily share is much smaller; go by the pack.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

The score, in context

Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Loaf 38.7

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Nothing in the analysis explains the drop on its own; scoring can only reward what it can see, and category terms give it almost nothing.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesA category, able to cover any warm-blooded land animal and change without the label changing.
Derivatives of vegetable originRefined plant fractions.
CerealsAny grain at all.
Minerals
Oils and fatsSupplies the 6.0% fat, origin unnamed.
Various sugarsFor taste, no level given.

Vitamin D3 with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, each dosed, and clinoptilolite for the loaf's texture and stability.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives, derivatives of vegetable origin, cereals, minerals, oils and fats, various sugars.

Against the range

One breed loaf whose list runs to five category terms plus minerals, with meat and animal derivatives first. Clinoptilolite at 2.2 g per kilo is declared as a technological additive. The analysis is an ordinary wet one: protein at 38.6% of dry matter, carbohydrate at 16.8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

93.7 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

8.5%

Fat

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

2.2%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

38.6%

Fat

27.3%

Fibre

7.3%

Ash

10%

Carbs

16.8%

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

39.4%

Added water

13%

Carbs

40.8%

Oils

2.6%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size