Dental Care
Royal Canin Dental Care is a dry adult cat food with grains. Its first ingredients are chicken by-product meal, corn and brewers rice. It has an Ingredients score of 46/100, a Nutrition score of 7.6/10 and nothing on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $7.17/lb (6 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Oct 27, 2026 · Price checked Oct 27, 2026
How It Scores
The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.
- Chicken by-product meal
- 2 / 5
- By-product meal
- Corn
- 1 / 5
- Corn
- Brewers rice
- 1 / 5
- Starch or refined grain
- Chicken fat
- 4 / 5
- Named animal fat
- Pea fiber
- 2 / 5
- Processed fiber
- Other ingredients
- 3 / 5
- Average of the other 23 ingredients
Avoid List
0The label lists none of the additives we count.
The number of unwanted additives on the label, counted separately from the two scores: 0 is best. How we score
Adult targets. Values as listed on the label.
- Protein 28%
- 3.6 / 5
- Full points between 35% and 45%
- Fat 13%
- 4.4 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 22%
- Carbohydrates 35.1%
- 3 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 25%. Our estimate: the label does not list ash.
- Fiber 6.9%
- not scored
- Shown for information.
What Is in It
Dry matter means the food with the water taken out. It lets you compare foods with different moisture fairly.
| On the label | Dry matter | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein (min) | 28% | 31.1% |
| Fat (min) | 13% | 14.4% |
| Fiber (max) | 6.9% | 7.7% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (estimate) | 35.1% | 39% |
| Moisture (max) | 10% | - |
| Calories | 3,533 kcal/kg · 322 kcal/cup | |
Label numbers are limits, not exact amounts: protein and fat are minimums, fiber and moisture are maximums.
Labels do not list carbohydrates, and this one does not list ash either. We estimate carbohydrates by assuming 7% ash, a typical value for dry cat food, and subtracting everything else from 100.
First 5 Ingredients
Ingredients are listed by weight, heaviest first. The first few usually make up most of the food.
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Chicken by-product meal, corn, brewers rice, chicken fat, pea fiber, wheat gluten, wheat, natural flavors, corn gluten meal, dried plain beet pulp, calcium sulfate, sodium pyrophosphate, fish oil, choline chloride, vegetable oil, potassium chloride, salt, rice flour, fructooligosaccharides, DL-methionine, powdered psyllium seed husk, sodium tripolyphosphate, monocalcium phosphate, vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), niacin supplement, biotin, riboflavin supplement, D-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin A acetate, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid], taurine, trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, manganese proteinate, ferrous sulfate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, sodium selenite, calcium iodate, copper proteinate], rosemary extract, preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid
Estimated Monthly Cost
By your cat's weight, using an estimated daily amount and the cheapest bag. Your cat may eat more or less.
We could not find the maker's feeding chart. These amounts come from a general formula: the calories on the label (3,533 kcal/kg) and the daily energy a cat of that weight needs according to the Merck Veterinary Manual, using the figure for a neutered adult. The chart on the bag may say something different.
Bags and Stores
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| Bag | Price | per lb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 lbCheapest per lbChewy · price checked Oct 27, 2026 | $42.99 | $7.17 | Buy |
Similar Price, Better Ingredients
Same age group, a higher Ingredients score, a Nutrition score no more than 0.5 lower and no more unwanted additives, at most 20% more per pound.
Last checked: Oct 27, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction