Skip to content
Right Dog Food

Search

Search foods, brands, ingredients and guides.

Where to buy

We have not checked that this exact bag is listed, so the button runs a search.

Shop links may earn us a commission. That never changes our data or the order of results. Affiliate disclosure

Calculate daily portionCompare with other foods

Checked ·Source

Royal Canin

Royal Canin German Shepherd Puppy

Dry · Puppy · Large

Royal Canin German Shepherd Puppy is a dry dog food for puppies. The maker lists it for large dogs. Chicken by-product meal heads the ingredient list, so by weight before cooking there is more of it than anything else. The named animal proteins are chicken. On a dry-matter basis the guaranteed analysis works out at 31.3% protein, 15.6% fat and 41.7% carbohydrate, at 331 kcal per cup. A 20 kg adult dog would eat about 3¼ cups a day of it. Our label-based score puts it at 57 of 100, which we rate fair. No recall for it appears in our records.

Key facts

Dry matter removes water from the figure, so wet and dry foods can be compared.

31.3%
Protein
15.6%
Fat
41.7%
Carbs

Estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fiber and ash (ash assumed 7% of dry matter). Not printed on the label.

Calories per cup
331kcal
Calories per kg
3,639kcal
Format
Dry
Life stage
Puppy
Dog sizes
Large
Guaranteed analysis, as printed on the label, with the dry-matter figure alongside.
NutrientAs fedDry matter
Protein (min)28%31.3%
Fat (min)14%15.6%
Fiber (max)3.9%4.4%
Moisture (max)10.5%–
57

Food score

Fair57 out of 100

Ingredient quality
12.5/35
Protein
15.1/25
Carbohydrate load
9.1/20
Fat balance
10/10
Recall record
10/10

Calculated from the published label. Not a hand-check, not a vet’s opinion.

  • By-products in the ingredient listChicken by-product meal
  • Grain or soy filler in the first five ingredientscorn, wheat gluten, brewers rice
  • Carbohydrate is estimated: the label does not print it
  • No recall on record
How this score is worked out

Five parts, weighted as below, applied the same way to every food on the site. Percentages are dry matter, which takes the water out so wet and dry foods can be judged on one basis.

Ingredient quality · 35 pts
Starts neutral, then moves on what the label names: a named meat first and several named proteins near the top earn points; unnamed “meat meal”, by-products, grain fillers in the first five, artificial preservatives and colours lose them.
Protein · 25 pts
18% dry matter is the AAFCO adult minimum and scores nothing; 40% scores full marks.
Carbohydrate load · 20 pts
20% dry matter or less scores full marks; 60% or more scores nothing.
Fat balance · 10 pts
A band, not a ramp: 12–20% dry matter is the target, and too little costs as much as too much.
Recall record · 10 pts
Full marks with no recall on record. A recall costs more the more recently it happened.

Same label, same number, every time. If you think we have it wrong, the ingredient list above is the whole of our evidence.

How much your dog needs

Enter your dog’s weight to see the daily amount of this food.

Per day
–
Energy per day
–
Cost per day
–

We don’t have a current price for this food, so we can’t show a cost per day.

Assumes a neutered adult with normal activity. For puppies, seniors or weight loss, use the Feeding Calculator.

Open in the Feeding Calculator

Allergen groups

Matched from the full ingredient list using our ingredient dictionary.

Contains
chickencornwheatoatsricefishpeas & legumesyeast
May contain
turkeybeefporklambpotato
Not found
dairyeggsoy

Ingredients

In label order. Ingredients are listed by weight before cooking, heaviest first.

  1. Chicken by-product meal
  2. corn
  3. wheat gluten
  4. oat groats
  5. brewers rice
  6. chicken fat
  7. brewers rice flour
  8. brown rice
  9. natural flavors
  10. dried plain beet pulp
  11. corn protein meal
  12. sodium aluminosilicate
  13. monocalcium phosphate
  14. fish oil
  15. vegetable oil
  16. pea fiber
  17. calcium carbonate
  18. potassium chloride
  19. powdered psyllium seed husk
  20. vitamins[DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), niacin supplement, D-calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin A acetate, vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement]
  21. fructooligosaccharides
  22. sodium tripolyphosphate
  23. salt
  24. yeast extract
  25. DL-methionine
  26. choline chloride
  27. rosemary extract
  28. preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid
  29. taurine
  30. L-lysine
  31. glucosamine hydrochloride
  32. trace minerals[zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, sodium selenite, calcium iodate, copper proteinate]
  33. marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.)
  34. Yucca schidigera extract
  35. carotene
  36. chondroitin sulfate

AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement

100% COMPLETE AND BALANCED NUTRITION: BREED HEALTH NUTRITION German Shepherd Puppy is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for growth including growth of large size dogs (70 lb. or more as an adult).

Recall history

No recalls on record for this product.

Questions about this food

Answers built from this product’s own label data.

Is Royal Canin German Shepherd Puppy complete and balanced?

The label carries this statement: “100% COMPLETE AND BALANCED NUTRITION: BREED HEALTH NUTRITION German Shepherd Puppy is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for growth including growth of large size dogs (70 lb. or more as an adult).”

How much Royal Canin German Shepherd Puppy should I feed my dog?

A neutered 20 kg (44 lb) adult dog with normal activity needs about 1,060 kcal a day, which works out at roughly 3¼ cups of this food. Puppies, seniors, and dogs gaining or losing weight need a different amount.

What are the main ingredients in Royal Canin German Shepherd Puppy?

The first five ingredients by weight are Chicken by-product meal, corn, wheat gluten, oat groats, brewers rice. The label lists 36 ingredients in total, heaviest first, measured before cooking.

How much protein is in Royal Canin German Shepherd Puppy?

The guaranteed analysis gives at least 28% protein as fed. Once the water is taken out that is about 31.3% on a dry-matter basis, which is the figure to use when comparing this food with a wet food.

Does Royal Canin German Shepherd Puppy contain common allergens?

Our ingredient dictionary matches these groups in the label: chicken, corn, wheat, oats, rice, fish, peas & legumes, yeast. A match means the group is named in the ingredient list, not that a given dog will react to it.

Has Royal Canin German Shepherd Puppy been recalled?

No recall for this product appears in our records.

Similar foods without chicken

Closest matches by format and life stage, from our data.

Compare these side by side