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 Small Digestive Care

Dry · Adult · Small

Royal Canin Small Digestive Care is a dry dog food for adult dogs. The maker lists it for small 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 31.1% protein, 22.2% fat and 35.7% carbohydrate, at 485 kcal per cup. A 20 kg adult dog would eat about 2¼ cups a day of it. Our label-based score puts it at 58 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.

31.1%
Protein
22.2%
Fat
35.7%
Carbs

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

Calories per cup
485kcal
Calories per kg
4,044kcal
Format
Dry
Life stage
Adult
Dog sizes
Small
Guaranteed analysis, as printed on the label, with the dry-matter figure alongside.
NutrientAs fedDry matter
Protein (min)28%31.1%
Fat (min)20%22.2%
Fiber (max)3.6%4%
Moisture (max)10%–
58

Food score

Fair58 out of 100

Ingredient quality
12.5/35
Protein
14.9/25
Carbohydrate load
12.1/20
Fat balance
8.2/10
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, brewers rice, corn gluten meal
  • 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
chickencornricefishwheatpeas & legumes
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. chicken fat
  4. brewers rice
  5. corn gluten meal
  6. brewers rice flour
  7. natural flavors
  8. wheat gluten
  9. dried plain beet pulp
  10. fish oil
  11. vegetable oil
  12. pea fiber
  13. sodium silico aluminate
  14. potassium chloride
  15. fructooligosaccharides
  16. sodium tripolyphosphate
  17. 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]
  18. calcium carbonate
  19. salt
  20. choline chloride
  21. taurine
  22. magnesium oxide
  23. trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, manganese proteinate, ferrous sulfate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate]
  24. marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.)
  25. rosemary extract
  26. preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid

AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement

Canine Care Nutrition Small Digestive Care is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for maintenance.

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 Small Digestive Care complete and balanced?

The label carries this statement: “Canine Care Nutrition Small Digestive Care is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for maintenance.”

How much Royal Canin Small Digestive Care 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 2¼ cups of this food. Puppies, seniors, and dogs gaining or losing weight need a different amount.

What are the main ingredients in Royal Canin Small Digestive Care?

The first five ingredients by weight are Chicken by-product meal, corn, chicken fat, brewers rice, corn gluten meal. The label lists 26 ingredients in total, heaviest first, measured before cooking.

How much protein is in Royal Canin Small Digestive Care?

The guaranteed analysis gives at least 28% protein as fed. Once the water is taken out that is about 31.1% on a dry-matter basis, which is the figure to use when comparing this food with a wet food.

Does Royal Canin Small Digestive Care contain common allergens?

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

Has Royal Canin Small Digestive Care 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