
Royal Canin Great Dane Adult Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Royal Canin Great Dane Adult Dry Dog Food are Chicken Fat, Chicken By-Product Meal, Tapioca, Brewers Rice, and Corn.
Royal Canin Great Dane Adult Dry Dog Food Ingredients




Chicken Fat is a high quality source of energy and essential fatty acids. For example, chicken fat contains linoleic acid which is an excellent source of the Omega-6 fatty acids. Quality fats support a shiny, healthy coat in dogs.
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.
Tapioca is used as a non-nutritive binder in dog foods.
Brewers Rice is no different from white rice, except that the grain is broken into pieces. As such, it offers the same nutritional value as white rice with trace amounts of Iron, Vitamin B6, Magnesium and Calcium and Potassium.
Brewers rice is often used as an inexpensive filler ingredient to add volume to dog food and also it increases digestibility
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.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Royal Canin Great Dane Adult Dry Dog Food has 21% protein, 23% fat, 4.2% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 36.8%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Royal Canin Great Dane Adult Dry Dog Food as 36.8%. 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.