
Royal Canin X-Small Aging 12+ Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Royal Canin X-Small Aging 12+ Dry Dog Food are Brewers Rice, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Corn, and Chicken Fat.
Royal Canin X-Small Aging 12+ Dry Dog Food Ingredients





Brewers Rice is no different from white rice, except that the grain is broken into pieces. As such, it offers the same nutritional value as white rice with trace amounts of Iron, Vitamin B6, Magnesium and Calcium and Potassium.
Brewers rice is often used as an inexpensive filler ingredient to add volume to dog food and also it increases digestibility
Chicken By-Product Meal is rendered mix of less desirable parts (eg. gizzards, giblets, feet), internal organs (eg. lungs, spleen, liver, heart, kidneys) and bones of a chicken.
Chicken by-products are protein rich like chicken and also it's a natural source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.
Corn Gluten Meal is the principal protein of corn. Despite the name, corn gluten does not contain true gluten which makes it 100% gluten-free indeed.
CGM has over 60% crude protein and good for digestibility.
Corn is a fibrous grain that promotes gut health as well as gastrointestinal motility. It provides easily digestible carbohydrates, and that makes it a key energy source. Also corn has linoleic acid, an essential omega-6 fatty acid to maintain healthy skin, coat and immune system.
Chicken Fat is a high quality source of energy and essential fatty acids. For example, chicken fat contains linoleic acid which is an excellent source of the Omega-6 fatty acids. Quality fats support a shiny, healthy coat in dogs.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Royal Canin X-Small Aging 12+ Dry Dog Food has 22% protein, 14% fat, 3.6% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 45.4%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Royal Canin X-Small Aging 12+ Dry Dog Food as 45.4%. Basically, almost half of the food you feed to {your dog} is starch.
Average starch ratio of dry dog foods on inthekibble.com is 38.67% - and that means this Royal Canin kibble has more starch ratio than the average.