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Royal Canin Veterinary Dental Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Royal Canin Veterinary Dental Dry Dog Food are Brewers Rice, Chicken By-Product Meal, Brown Rice, Corn, and Chicken Fat. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 44.7%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 20.0%, fat 14.0%, fibre 5.3%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 44.7%
20%
14%
10%
45%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 44.7% of this cup, above the site average. Protein comes in at 20.0%. One cup carries 315 kcal.
PROTEIN
20.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
44.7%
KCAL / CUP
315
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FIRST 5 OF 30 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,667 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
20.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
14.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
5.3%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
44.7%

315 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, chicken by-product meal, brown rice, corn, chicken fat, natural flavors, wheat gluten, dried plain beet pulp, rice hulls, fish oil, egg product, grain distillers dried yeast, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, sodium silico aluminate, vegetable oil, L-tyrosine, fructooligosaccharides, 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., sodium tripolyphosphate, L-lysine, choline chloride, taurine, glucosamine hydrochloride, tea, vitamins [DL-alpha-tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), biotin, D-calcium pantothenate, vitamin A acetate, niacin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin supplement, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement], trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate], 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 20.0% 22.2% LOW
FAT 14.0% 15.6% n/a
FIBRE 5.3% 5.9% n/a
CARB (EST.) 44.7% 49.7% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 44.7% 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>Royal Canin Veterinary range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE ROYAL CANIN VETERINARY ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 22.2% 28.9% 32.3%
CARB, DM 50% 44% 39%
STARCH RATIO 44.7% 39.4% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 315 274 384
RECALL HISTORY // ROYAL CANIN>ROYAL CANIN VETERINARY

No FDA Recalls On Record

We have not matched any FDA recall to Royal Canin>Royal Canin Veterinary. 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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