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Royal Canin Starter Mother & Babydog Ultra Soft Mousse In Sauce Wet Dog Food

Wet food in 5.1 oz cans, complete and balanced for all life stages. With the water taken out it is 44% protein and 23% fat, and each can carries 141 kcal.

  • Complete & balanced for all life stages (AAFCO, on the label)
  • Mousse in sauce
  • 5.1 oz can
  • 81% water
Protein is 43.6% once the water is taken out, close to the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 8.5% because that figure includes the water. One can carries 141 kcal and about 4.1 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
43.6%
KCAL / CAN
141
CANS A DAY*
7.6

*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.

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Royal Canin Starter Mother & Babydog Ultra Soft Mousse In Sauce Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 28 COMPONENTS
Water Sufficient for Processing

Water Sufficient for Processing

Water added to a recipe so it can be mixed, cooked and canned, as distinct from moisture native to the…
Chicken

Chicken

The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Pork By-Products

Pork By-Products

The parts of the pig left after the flesh is removed, such as organs and trimmings.
Chicken Liver

Chicken Liver

The liver of the chicken, an organ meat.
Brewers Rice

Brewers Rice

The small fragments of rice kernel separated out during milling, a by-product of producing whole white rice.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the can

First ingredient
Water sufficient for processing, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
First meat
chicken, second on the list. Named meats near the top: chicken, pork by-products and chicken liver.
Thickeners and binders
brewers rice flour, gelatin, sodium tripolyphosphate, pork plasma, carrageenan and guar gum. They give the gravy its body and hold pieces together. Normal in wet food; starches and flours also add carbohydrate.
Added color
None listed.
Flagged additives
None from our list.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the can, measured “as fed”

Calories
972 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
8.5%
Crude Fat (min.)
4.5%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.5%
Moisture (max.)
80.5%

141 kcal per 5.1 oz can.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first

Water sufficient for processing, chicken, pork by-products, chicken liver, brewers rice flour, gelatin, powdered cellulose, fish oil, casein, calcium carbonate, glycine, sodium tripolyphosphate, pork plasma, sodium aluminosilicate, hydrolyzed yeast, natural flavors, carrageenan, taurine, guar gum, vitamins[L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), niacin supplement, biotin, D-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement], potassium chloride, citric acid, choline chloride, sodium carbonate, trace minerals[zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, zinc proteinate, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate], magnesium oxide, marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), carotene

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so the tail of the list is present in very small amounts.

NUTRITION WITH THE WATER TAKEN OUT

Wet food is mostly water, so the label’s percentages look small next to kibble. Taking the water out is the only fair way to compare it with other foods.

NUTRIENT ON THE LABEL WATER OUT WET FOOD MEDIAN
PROTEIN 8.5% 43.6% 43.2%
FAT 4.5% 23.1% 22.2%
FIBER 1.5% 7.7% -
CARBS (EST.) - 15.4% -

Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.

AMONG 819 WET FOODS
Protein, water out
44%
Higher than 52%. Median 43%.
Calories
972 kcal/kg
Richer than 45%. Median 994 kcal/kg.
Water
81%
Wetter than 56%. Median 78%.
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
7.6CANS
    1,076 kcal39.0 oz

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (972 kcal per kg, 141 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // ROYAL CANIN

    No Recalls In Our Record Since 2012

    We have not matched any FDA recall to Royal Canin. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log

    SAME LINE

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    Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.

    One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, calories, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a can. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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