Royal Canin Cat Food

The Royal Canin cat food range at PeekAPaw covers dry kibble, wet pouches and cans, breed formulas and everyday need-based recipes. Choosing is a different exercise to choosing dog food, and it is worth knowing why.

Cats are not sorted by size

There is no Mini, Medium or Maxi for cats. Adult cats vary far less in weight than dogs, so Royal Canin sorts the feline range by lifestyle and need instead: is your cat indoors most of the day, has she been desexed, does she moult heavily, is she carrying extra condition, does she drink very little? One cat usually fits one line — an indoor, desexed, long-haired cat does not need three separate foods, she needs whichever single issue matters most.

By lifestyle

• Royal Canin Indoor — an indoor cat burns far fewer calories and moults year-round under artificial light, so this line runs a lower energy density with added fibre to move swallowed hair through, and nutrients that help reduce faecal odour in the tray. Also available as Indoor 7+.
• Royal Canin Sterilised — desexing drops a cat's energy requirement by roughly a third while appetite goes up, which is why so many cats gain weight in the year afterwards. Higher protein, lower fat, staged as Kitten Sterilised (6–12 months), Adult, and 7+.

By need

• Hairball Care — a blend of fibres that helps swallowed hair pass through the digestive tract instead of coming back up. It is a daily food, not a paste or a remedy.
• Urinary Care — supports a healthy urinary system by encouraging dilute urine and balancing the minerals in the diet. This is the everyday retail formula; it is not Royal Canin Urinary S/O, and a cat that has already had stones or a blockage needs a vet, not a shelf product.
• Digestive Care — highly digestible protein plus prebiotics for adult cats with unreliable stools. Again a retail recipe, not the Gastrointestinal veterinary diet.
• Dental Care — larger kibble with a fibre structure that brushes the tooth as the cat bites, with a calcium-binding agent that helps reduce tartar build-up.
• Light Weight Care — everyday weight management with more fibre to keep a food-focused cat satisfied. Not a veterinary weight-loss diet.

By life stage

• Mother & Babycat — for the queen through pregnancy and nursing, and for kittens from weaning to 4 months; the mousse texture suits a kitten that is only just learning to lap.
• Royal Canin Kitten Food — Second Age Kitten and the kitten wet range, for 4 to 12 months.

By breed

• Maine Coon — a genuinely large cat with a big square jaw, so the kibble is an oversized cube that is easier to pick up and chew; the line also supports heart and joints.
• British Shorthair — a stocky, easily-heavy breed with a short broad muzzle, matched with a flat rounded kibble and a controlled calorie level.

Dry, or wet in three textures

Before you order wet food: Royal Canin offers most feline recipes in gravy, jelly and loaf, and within a line the nutrition is the same in all three. The difference is texture, and cats have strong opinions — a cat that licks the gravy off and abandons the chunks will often eat a loaf clean. Pouches are 85 g in boxes of 12 and 48, so a small box is a cheap way to test a texture.

• Royal Canin Dry Cat Food — the full kibble range, breed, lifestyle and need lines.
• Royal Canin Wet Cat Food — gravy, jelly, loaf and mousse.

Browse the whole Royal Canin range, or compare brands across dry cat food and wet cat food.