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4This food is suitable for the following breed sizes:
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In general, unless your dog has health issues, you probably won't have to worry about these figures. Click here for more information
Mixing bowl composition
This is the ingredients list as printed on the packaging or manufacturer's website.
Think of the 'mixing bowl' composition like a recipe - all the ingredients you would need to put in a 'mixing bowl' in order to make the food.
Ingredients have to be listed in descending order of their weight so the higher it appears, the more there is.
Highlighted ingredients
Ingredients that we believe to be controversial or inferior are highlighted in yellow with particularly low grade, highly contentious or excessively vague ingredients in red.
Information in italics is not usually avaialble on the ingredients list but has been provided to us by the manufacturer to help with our ratings.
As fed composition
While the 'mixing bowl' composition is useful for knowing what went into the food, it doesn't always reflect what your dog is actually eating. This is because the processes that turn the ingredients into the finished pet food can significantly alter the relative weights of the ingredients.
For this reason we've calculated the approximate 'as fed' percentages for the main ingredient categories in the finished product.
Please note that these figures are very approximate. They are estimates based on the information provided by the manufacturer in the ingredients list so the clearer the terminology and the more percentages they provide, the more accurate our estimates will be. Wherever information is lacking, we always assume the worst.
Ingredient categories
◉ Meat ingredients: includes all meat and fish ingredients except isolated fats/oils.
◉Added oils and fats: includes all isolated oil and fat ingredients.
◉ Carb-rich ingredients: includes all ingredients derived from grains, pseudo-grains, potatoes and other starchy root vegetables, sweet potato and legumes (except whole peas which are categorised under fruit and veg) except for isolated protein and extracted oils. Also includes fibre supplements.
◉ Fruit and veg: includes all whole vegetables and fruits.
◉ Other: all other ingredients. Mostly made up by nutritional supplements and additives.
For more information on any ingredient, please take a look at our Dog Food Ingredient Glossary
The dry matter level of a nutrient is the percentage there would be in the food if all of the water was removed.
With water taken out of the equation, these figures allow the nutrient levels of foods of different types (like wet and dry) to be compared on an even playing field.
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44 out of 100 - Average
Our unique nutritional ratings are calculated based on a number of characteristics including the quality and quantity of the stated ingredients, certain nutritional and technological additives and the processing methods used to create the food. They are designed to indicate how healthy a food is likely to be for the majority of dogs when fed on a daily basis for an extended period. Click here for more information
Country of origin: France
A technological additive is any substance added to a pet food "for a technological purpose and which favourably affects the characteristics of feed".
The most common categories of technological additives include preservatives and antioxidants, gelling agents and thickeners and probiotics.
While the primary effects of technoloical additives are certainly 'favourable' (increased shelf life in the case of preservatives & antioxidants, better food texture and consistency in the case of gelling agents and thickeners etc.) some have been linked to health problems in pets and should be treated with caution.
Unfortunately, many technological additives do not have to be declared by the manufacturer so just because they do not appear on the label does not necessarily mean they are not in the food. If in doubt, ask the manufacturer directly exactly what technological additives their foods contain.
Lluís Ybero• 4 months ago
Does not include Ca and P % content.
Lisa W• 4 years ago
I have to say that my puppy loves this food (although we use the Active variety) and looks and behaves beautifully on it. His stools are also perfect! I've been put off using it a couple of times and so tried Eden and Orjen both of which affected his digestion and temperament terribly! Sticking with it no matter what the reviews say now. Also my old lab was on another food, James Well Beloved Senior, which was supposedly non allergenic! But when I switched her to this brand's senior food her dry skin completely cleared up. I think you should just do what is right for your own dog. They will let you know what agrees with them and what doesn't. Make your own mind up!
david ryan• 6 years ago
Our breeder swears by this food but our puppy doesn,t seem to like it at all and i bought 2 x 20kg bags.We are giving him chicken with it,sardines,natural yoghurt and scrambled egg but he leaves kibble.Has anyone else experienced this please.
Nick Ayres
david ryan• 4 years ago
Also recommended by our breeder and liked by puppy for a few months but then refused to eat it. Have tried several brands including Eden which was too rich and Canagan chicken which was rejected after a few weeks. Then switched to Canagan salmon and all seemd ok until a bad attack of gastro enteritis. Now about to switch to Burns pork and potato on advice from Vet.
IanB
Nick Ayres• 3 years ago
Worth doing a bit of research into the incentives and discounts breeders get from Mars/RC, in return for their "recommendations"?
Himanshu
david ryan• 3 months ago
Giving boiled meat or chicken or fish along with dog food is not recommended... Give meat or fish as treat once or twice a week and keep your dog on dog food diet.. that would probably help you
Matthew Rhucroft• 6 years ago
Interested as to why RC is rated so low here, lower than Wainwrights. RC has been perfect so far for my dog (Dobermann puppy) and my breeder uses it for her dogs. All her dogs are very healthy and look beautiful.
Meep
Matthew Rhucroft• 6 years ago
Because of the unnatural ingredients, Canin's ingredient list is outdated, newer, better foods are constantly coming into the market. RC can't say what meat they've used specifically, and how much they use either, there are much better foods out there for the sky high price of this food, when you're just paying for dehydrated animal proteins and gluten.