PetSmart Royal Canin Cat Food Review

Nutrients and Quality

Royal Canin cat foods are formulated by veterinarians to provide optimum nutrition at every stage of a cat's life, including when they are suffering from health problems. The company chooses both its ingredients and its global suppliers carefully to ensure quality, freshness, and operations that leave a light carbon foot print.  

You can read about the ingredients found in each cat food the company offers on its website. Recipes are formulated to deliver precise nutrition and contain the proper levels of natural antioxidants, vitamins, fiber, prebiotics, and minerals your cat needs. Crude protein, fat, fiber, and moisture content varies from formula to formula and the company provides feeding guidelines appropriate to each food they offer to ensure your cats receive the tailored nutrition they need to feel their best and maintain their optimal weight. 

Royal Canin works with suppliers around the globe. Suppliers undergo regular audits to ensure they are maintaining Royal Canin's standards of operation quality. Each shipment the company receives is quality tested in Royal Canin's laboratories, which are located in each of Royal Canin's manufacturing facilities. The company keeps careful records of where the ingredients in each batch of dog food came from and maintains samples of raw materials for two years. By doing so, the company is able to trace ingredients back to the source should any safety issues be detected with its foods. The company's foods have been recalled a total of three times and the most recent recall occurred 14 years ago in 2007.

Price

Royal Canin cat food is priced considerably higher than supermarket brands. By way of example, you can buy a 15 lb. bag of Purina cat kibble on Chewy.com for less than you'd pay for a 3 lb. bag of Royal Canin's. Compared to other premium brands, however, the Royal Canin cat foods that are available in pet stores are on par with competitive brands. To maintain a healthy weight and meet your cat's nutritional needs, you should be feeding about a half cup of dry food a day. Figure it this way. There are about 15 cups of food in a 3 lb. bag of dry cat food. That means you can feed your cat for about a month with a bag of Royal Canin cat kibble, which will run you between $16 and $19 for a basic food that isn't specially formulated to address cat health problems. We expect many cat lovers wouldn't balk at spending under $20 per month to enjoy kitty companionship. Given the quality of raw ingredients in Royal Canin cat food and the rigorous testing they undergo, cat breeders and veterinarians recommend paying a little more to feed with premium brands like Royal Canin. However, if you're on a tight budget, Royal Canin might be out of your price range.

Variety

Human restaurant diners should only have it so good. The Royal Canin menu of cat foods is vast, with wet, dry, and moist foods available in a wide range of formulae. Wet cat foods are even available in a variety of textures to please the most finicky felines in your life. In addition to foods designed to nourish mixed-breed cats, the company offers a range of good designed for specific breeds, including Siamese cats, Maine Coon Cats, and Persian cats. Specialty Royal Canin foods for kittens, senior cats, pudgy cats, and cats with sensitive stomachs or dental problems help cat lovers customize their cats' diets to meet their needs in sickness and in health and throughout their lives. In addition, the company manufactures formulae that are available through veterinarians to address such issues as poor renal function and glucose imbalances.