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Overall, Royal Canin Adult Instinctive Pouch Cat Food is a below average cat food, earning
5 out of a possible 10 paws based on its nutritional analysis and ingredient list. For more information on our cat food analysis techniques, please click here.
Ingredient Analysis
When evaluating a cat food, the first five ingredients can tell you a lot about the quality of a product as they make up the bulk of the product.
Ideally, you're looking for quality protein sources with a minimum of cheap starches, fillers or by-products. Continuing down the
ingredient list, look for ingredients that resemble real food with a minimal number of unpronounceable chemicals - the same as you would for human food.
Royal Canin Adult Instinctive Pouch Cat Food includes the following:
Quality Ingredients
salmon meal
pork liver
Questionable Ingredients
pork by-products
chicken by-products
wheat gluten
wheat flour
modified corn starch
carrageenan
Potential Allergens
salmon meal
wheat gluten
modified corn starch
Note - a bolded ingredient in the above tables indicates it is one of the first five ingredients listed by the product manufacturer.
Although not the first product listed (which is the most plentiful), Royal Canin Adult Instinctive Pouch Cat Food
does contain with its top ingredients salmon meal which are considered quality protein sources.
However, this product also lists pork by-products and chicken by-products within its top ingredients. By-products are typically
considered inferior, lesser quality ingredients.
Additionally, Royal Canin Adult Instinctive Pouch Cat Food also contains as
top ingredients
wheat gluten.
These types of ingredients are typically used as bulk-adding fillers and are not required in your cat's diet.
Please also be aware that this product contains carrageenan, which
is an additive that some experts claim may be a possible contributor
to certain medical conditions in cats.
Allergen alert:
This product contains salmon meal, modified corn starch and wheat gluten which may
be problematic for cats who suffer from seafood, corn or wheat gluten food allergies.
Nutritional Analysis*
Compared to the other 2849 cat foods in our database, Royal Canin Adult Instinctive Pouch Cat Food has:
significantly more protein than average
significantly fewer carbohydrates than average
significantly less fat than average
significantly more fiber than average
In general, cats have been shown to do better with a higher protein, medium fat, lower carb diet with sufficient moisture. However, specialty diets as recommended by your
veterinarian may prioritize a different nutritional breakdown.
Calorie Breakdown
Using the calculations provided by the AAFCO,
Royal Canin Adult Instinctive Pouch Cat Food has approximately
57 calories per 100g (16 calories/ounce),
which is considerably fewer calories compared to the average of the other wet cat foods in the CatFoodDB.
All the product information on this page is based on data collected from
the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on
February 24, 2022.
The authoritative source for ingredient lists and nutritional analysis for any pet food is always the pet food manufacturer.
Ingredients
Ingredients as published by the cat food manufacturer:
Nutritional information as published by the cat food manufacturer.*
Protein:(min)
10.5%
Fat:(min)
1.9%
Fiber:(max)
1.9%
Carbs:(est)
1.2%
Ash:(est)
3.0%
Moisture:(max)
81.5%
Dry Matter Analysis
The manufacturer's published guaranteed analysis values normalized for moisture content.
Protein:(min)
57%
Fat:(min)
10%
Fiber:(max)
10%
Carbs:(est)
6%
Ash:(est)
16%
Calories:(est)
57/100g
*Note that nutritional percentages reported are only estimated values, and are indicated as such as (est). Each cat food
manufacturer is required by law to publish a Guaranteed Analysis, which defines each product's maximum values of fiber and moisture in
addition to the minimum values of protein and fat contained within. Optionally, manufacturers may also publish a product's ash content. When they are not published
an average of 3% ash for wet food, and 6% ash for dry food, will be used.
Because exact nutritional percentages are not
available and all calculated values (including carbohydrate percentages and calorie amounts) are determined
using these minimum and maximum published values and therefore may differ from actual values. Any other manufacturer published values in a product's
Guaranteed Analysis is done at the manufacture's discretion, and is not used in any of the calculations done by CatFoodDB.
Although a high score may be indicative of a higher-quality product it is not a guarantee. Similarly, a low score may or may not
indicate an inferior product. The best food for your cat is the one that meets their
individual needs.
