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Royal Canin Veterinary Gastrointestinal Puppy Dry Dog Food

Top 4 ingredients of Royal Canin Veterinary Gastrointestinal Puppy Dry Dog Food are Brewers Rice, Chicken By-Product Meal, Chicken Fat, and Corn Gluten Meal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 33.8%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 27.0%, fat 20.0%, fibre 3.2%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 33.8%
27%
20%
10%
34%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 33.8% of this cup, below the site average. Protein comes in at 27.0%. One cup carries 428 kcal.
PROTEIN
27.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
33.8%
KCAL / CUP
428
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FIRST 4 OF 29 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,960 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
27.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
20.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.2%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
33.8%

428 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, chicken fat, corn gluten meal, natural flavors, dried plain beet pulp, wheat gluten, egg product, sodium silico aluminate, monocalcium phosphate, fish oil, vegetable oil, pea fiber, potassium chloride, taurine, 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., powdered psyllium seed husk, fructooligosaccharides, hydrolyzed yeast (source of betaglucans), DL-methionine, calcium carbonate, 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], choline chloride, L-lysine, trace minerals [zinc proteinate, manganese proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate], marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), carotene, 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 27.0% 30.0% HIGH
FAT 20.0% 22.2% n/a
FIBRE 3.2% 3.6% n/a
CARB (EST.) 33.8% 37.6% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 33.8% 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 30.0% 28.9% 32.3%
CARB, DM 38% 44% 39%
STARCH RATIO 33.8% 39.4% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 428 274 384
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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