Royal Canin Small Adult
Confidence A
The Universal score is pet-agnostic. Fit reads the same label against one pet.
Top findings
- -10Unnamed fish ingredient ("fish oil") — fish oil WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -10corn is the 1st ingredient in a dry dog food — Corn WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- +10Calorie content published on the label AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
Why this score
Every point traces to a published rule with its source — nothing hand-adjusted, nothing sponsored.
Nutritional adequacystarted at 100, landed at 100
No adjustments — clean slate on this pillar
Ingredient qualitystarted at 60, landed at 42
- -10Unnamed fish ingredient ("fish oil") — fish oil WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -10corn is the 1st ingredient in a dry dog food — Corn WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- +21 whole fruits/veg/omega sources in the top 12 — beet pulp WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 100
- +5Natural preservation system — one bonus for the class — rosemary extract, mixed tocopherols ACVN — preservative systems in pet food
Transparencystarted at 50, landed at 60
- +10Calorie content published on the label AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
- ℹ By-products can be nutritious — the transparency issue is unnamed sourcing
Weighted total: 76
Scored alternatives
Ranked purely by score — same species, same form. Nothing here is sponsored.
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Ingredients, as printed
Ranked exactly as the label lists them — heaviest first.
- 1Corn
- 2chicken by-product meal
- 3brewers rice
- 4brown rice
- 5corn protein meal
- 6chicken fat
- 7natural flavors (ONLY FOR MEXICO: including poultry, cow milk, pork)
- 8dried plain beet pulp
- 9vegetable oil
- 10wheat gluten
- 11fish oil
- 12potassium chloride
- 13calcium carbonate
- 14choline chloride
- 15salt
- 16fructooligosaccharides
- 17sodium tripolyphosphate
- 18vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), biotin, D-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin A acetate, riboflavin supplement, niacin supplement, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin D3 supplement]
- 19monocalcium phosphate
- 20DL-methionine
- 21rosemary extract
- 22preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid
- 23L-lysine
- 24trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, manganese proteinate, ferrous sulfate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, sodium selenite, calcium iodate, copper proteinate]
- 25magnesium oxide
- 26L-carnitine
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 25% | 27.9% |
| Crude fat | 14% | 15.6% |
| Crude fiber | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Moisture | 10.5% | — |
Nutritional adequacy
Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for adult maintenance.
3744 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Barcode 0030111125552
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