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Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Puppy Dry Dog Food

Top 4 ingredients of Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Puppy Dry Dog Food are Chicken By-Product Meal, Brewers Rice, Chicken Fat, and Dried Plain Beet Pulp. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 35.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 27.0%, fat 18.0%, fibre 3.5%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 35.5%
27%
18%
10%
36%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 35.5% of this cup, close to the site average. Protein comes in at 27.0%. One cup carries 379 kcal.
PROTEIN
27.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
35.5%
KCAL / CUP
379
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FIRST 4 OF 30 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,870 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
27.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
18.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.5%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
35.5%

379 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, dried plain beet pulp, natural flavors, wheat gluten, brown rice, corn, vegetable oil, fish oil, sodium silico aluminate, potassium chloride, fructooligosaccharides, sodium tripolyphosphate, vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), niacin supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), D-calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin A acetate, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], hydrolyzed yeast (source of betaglucans), 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., DL-methionine, choline chloride, L-tyrosine, monocalcium phosphate, L-lysine, marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, manganese proteinate, ferrous sulfate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate], taurine, Yucca schidigera extract, L-carnitine, 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 18.0% 20.0% n/a
FIBRE 3.5% 3.9% n/a
CARB (EST.) 35.5% 39.4% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 35.5% 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 range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE LABRADOR RETRIEVER ADULT ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 30.0% 34.8% 32.3%
CARB, DM 39% 35% 39%
STARCH RATIO 35.5% 32.0% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 379 275 384
RECALL HISTORY // ROYAL CANIN

No FDA Recalls On Record

We have not matched any FDA recall to Royal Canin. 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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