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Royal Canin Veterinary Gastrointestinal High Fiber Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Royal Canin Veterinary Gastrointestinal High Fiber Dry Dog Food are Chicken By-Product Meal, Brewers Rice, Chicken Fat, Powdered Cellulose, and Corn. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 36.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 21.0%, fat 14.0%, fibre 12.5%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 36.5%
21%
14%
13%
10%
37%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 36.5% of this cup, close to the site average. Protein comes in at 21.0%. One cup carries 290 kcal.
PROTEIN
21.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
36.5%
KCAL / CUP
290
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FIRST 5 OF 30 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,373 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
21.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
14.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
12.5%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
36.5%

290 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, chicken fat, powdered cellulose, corn, wheat, pea fiber, natural flavors, wheat gluten, corn gluten meal, dried plain beet pulp, monocalcium phosphate, fish oil, psyllium seed husk, sodium silico aluminate, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, 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, vegetable oil, DL-methionine, hydrolyzed yeast, L-lysine, choline chloride, taurine, 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, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid], trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate], marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), 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 21.0% 23.3% LOW
FAT 14.0% 15.6% n/a
FIBRE 12.5% 13.9% n/a
CARB (EST.) 36.5% 40.6% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 36.5% 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 23.3% 28.9% 32.3%
CARB, DM 41% 44% 39%
STARCH RATIO 36.5% 39.4% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 290 274 384
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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