Royal Canin Small Weight Care Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Royal Canin Small Weight Care Dry Dog Food are Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Wheat Gluten, Corn Gluten Meal, and Pea Fiber.
Royal Canin Small Weight Care Dry Dog Food Ingredients
Corn is a fibrous grain that promotes gut health as well as gastrointestinal motility. It provides easily digestible carbohydrates, and that makes it a key energy source. Also corn has linoleic acid, an essential omega-6 fatty acid to maintain healthy skin, coat and immune system.
Chicken By-Product Meal is rendered mix of less desirable parts (eg. gizzards, giblets, feet), internal organs (eg. lungs, spleen, liver, heart, kidneys) and bones of a chicken.
Chicken by-products are protein rich like chicken and also it's a natural source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.
Wheat Gluten is a protein derived from wheat, and is often used as a source of protein in dog food. It is considered a high-quality protein.
Wheat gluten can help support the growth and maintenance of muscle mass, and may also be beneficial for dogs with food allergies or sensitivities to other protein sources.
Corn Gluten Meal is the principal protein of corn. Despite the name, corn gluten does not contain true gluten which makes it 100% gluten-free indeed.
CGM has over 60% crude protein and good for digestibility.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Royal Canin Small Weight Care Dry Dog Food has 28% protein, 9% fat, 10% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 38%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Royal Canin Small Weight Care Dry Dog Food as 38%. Basically, around two fifth (almost half) of the food you feed to {your dog} is starch.
Average starch ratio of dry dog foods on inthekibble.com is 38.67% - and that means this Royal Canin kibble has less starch ratio than the average.
