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Royal Canin Maltese Adult Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Royal Canin Maltese Adult Dry Dog Food are Brewers Rice, Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Chicken Fat, and Wheat Gluten. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 42.7%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 22.0%, fat 16.0%, fibre 3.3%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 42.7%
22%
16%
10%
43%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 42.7% of this cup, above the site average. Protein comes in at 22.0%. One cup carries 317 kcal.
PROTEIN
22.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
42.7%
KCAL / CUP
317
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FIRST 5 OF 31 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,861 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
22.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
16.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.3%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
42.7%

317 kcal per cup. This food is 90% dry matter. The conversion alongside removes the water so it can be compared with any other food, wet or dry.

Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Brewers rice, corn, chicken by-product meal, chicken fat, wheat gluten, pork meal, natural flavors, dried chicory root, vegetable oil, fish oil, grain distillers dried yeast, potassium chloride, sodium silico aluminate, vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), niacin supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), D-calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin A acetate, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., fructooligosaccharides, sodium tripolyphosphate, monocalcium phosphate, choline chloride, DL-methionine, taurine, calcium carbonate, marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate], magnesium oxide, L-lysine, glucosamine hydrochloride, green tea extract, chondroitin sulfate, rosemary extract, preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 22.0% 24.4% TYPICAL
FAT 16.0% 17.8% n/a
FIBRE 3.3% 3.7% n/a
CARB (EST.) 42.7% 47.4% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 42.7% ARCHIVE AVG 37.84%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
PER DAY
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KCAL
THIS FOOD
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CUPS / DAY

Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density. A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

BENCHMARK

Against The Line

Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the Royal Canin range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE LABRADOR RETRIEVER ADULT ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 24.4% 34.8% 32.3%
CARB, DM 47% 35% 39%
STARCH RATIO 42.7% 32.0% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 317 275 384
RECALL HISTORY // ROYAL CANIN

No FDA Recalls On Record

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

One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, starch, 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 bag. 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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