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Royal Canin Veterinary Dental Small Dog Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Royal Canin Veterinary Dental Small Dog Dry Dog Food are Chicken By-Product Meal, Brewers Rice, Corn, Brown Rice, and Corn Gluten Meal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 40.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 23.0%, fat 14.0%, fibre 6.5%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 40.5%
23%
14%
10%
41%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 40.5% of this cup, above the site average. Protein comes in at 23.0%. One cup carries 330 kcal.
PROTEIN
23.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
40.5%
KCAL / CUP
330
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FIRST 5 OF 28 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,625 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
23.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
14.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
6.5%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
40.5%

330 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

Chicken by-product meal, brewers rice, corn, brown rice, corn gluten meal, chicken fat, natural flavors, powdered cellulose, dried plain beet pulp, wheat gluten, calcium sulfate, 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., fish oil, vegetable oil, potassium chloride, fructooligosaccharides, sodium tripolyphosphate, DL-methionine, choline chloride, taurine, L-lysine, tea, marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), vitamins [DL-alpha-tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), D-calcium pantothenate, vitamin A acetate, niacin supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, riboflavin supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate], L-carnitine, 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 23.0% 25.6% TYPICAL
FAT 14.0% 15.6% n/a
FIBRE 6.5% 7.2% n/a
CARB (EST.) 40.5% 45.0% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 40.5% 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 25.6% 28.9% 32.3%
CARB, DM 45% 44% 39%
STARCH RATIO 40.5% 39.4% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 330 274 384
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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