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Royal Canin

Royal Canin Giant Puppy Dry

Dry · Puppy · Large

Royal Canin Giant Puppy Dry 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 35.8% protein, 13.4% fat and 39.4% carbohydrate, at 338 kcal per cup. A 20 kg adult dog would eat about 3¼ cups a day of it. Our label-based score puts it at 63 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.

35.8%
Protein
13.4%
Fat
39.4%
Carbs

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

Calories per cup
338kcal
Calories per kg
3,525kcal
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)32%35.8%
Fat (min)12%13.4%
Fiber (max)3.9%4.4%
Moisture (max)10.5%–
63

Food score

Fair63 out of 100

Ingredient quality
12.5/35
Protein
20.2/25
Carbohydrate load
10.3/20
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 ingredientsbrewers rice, wheat gluten, brewers rice flour, corn
  • 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.

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Allergen groups

Matched from the full ingredient list using our ingredient dictionary.

Contains
chickenricewheatcornfishpeas & 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. brewers rice
  3. wheat gluten
  4. brewers rice flour
  5. corn
  6. chicken fat
  7. natural flavors
  8. dried plain beet pulp
  9. corn gluten meal
  10. sodium aluminosilicate
  11. vegetable oil
  12. monocalcium phosphate
  13. pea fiber
  14. salt
  15. potassium chloride
  16. powdered psyllium seed husk
  17. taurine
  18. fish oil
  19. fructooligosaccharides
  20. calcium carbonate
  21. hydrolyzed yeast
  22. choline chloride
  23. marine microalgae oil
  24. L-lysine
  25. DL-methionine
  26. 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, folic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin D3 supplement, riboflavin supplement]
  27. trace minerals[zinc proteinate, manganese proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, sodium selenite, calcium iodate, copper proteinate]
  28. marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.)
  29. glucosamine hydrochloride
  30. L-carnitine
  31. Yucca schidigera extract
  32. chondroitin sulfate
  33. carotene
  34. rosemary extract
  35. preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid

AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement

ROYAL CANIN® GIANT 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 Giant Puppy Dry complete and balanced?

The label carries this statement: “ROYAL CANIN® GIANT 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 Giant Puppy Dry 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 Giant Puppy Dry?

The first five ingredients by weight are Chicken by-product meal, brewers rice, wheat gluten, brewers rice flour, corn. The label lists 35 ingredients in total, heaviest first, measured before cooking.

How much protein is in Royal Canin Giant Puppy Dry?

The guaranteed analysis gives at least 32% protein as fed. Once the water is taken out that is about 35.8% on a dry-matter basis, which is the figure to use when comparing this food with a wet food.

Does Royal Canin Giant Puppy Dry contain common allergens?

Our ingredient dictionary matches these groups in the label: chicken, rice, wheat, corn, 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 Giant Puppy Dry been recalled?

No recall for this product appears in our records.

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