Royal Canin's Starter formulas are a unique nutritional solution that meets the needs of the mother and her puppies during the first 5 stages of life: gestation, birth, lactation, weaning and growth up to 2 months.

Benefits:

Birth Program

Royal Canin's Birth Program is a unique nutritional solution which meets the needs of the motherdog and her puppies during gestation, lactation and growth.

Gestation / Lactation Support

Nutritional profile specifically adapted for the motherdog's high energy needs at the end of gestation and during lactation.

Ideal For Transition From Milk

Nutritional response helps to facilitate the transition from mother's milk to solid food.

Easy Rehydration

Kibbles easily rehydrate to a porridge-like consistency that is very palatable for both the motherdog and her weaning puppies.

Start Complex / Digestive Health - Natural Defenses

Developed from scientific research, Royal Canin's Start Complex is a combination of nutritional elements present in mother's milk that actively promote digestive health and help maintain the puppy's natural defenses.

Kibble

Kibbles easily rehydrate to consistency that is very palatable for both the mother and her weaning puppies.

Ingredients:

Chicken meal, brewers rice, chicken fat, wheat gluten, corn, dried beet pulp, natural flavors, fish oil, sodium silico aluminate, vegetable oil, potassium phosphate, salt, calcium carbonate, L-lysine, fructooligosaccharides, hydrolyzed yeast, choline chloride, butyrate, taurine, potassium chloride, L-tyrosine, vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), biotin, D-calcium pantothenate, vitamin A acetate, niacin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2), folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), trace minerals (zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), L-carnitine, betacarotene, rosemary, preserved with natural mixed tocopherols and citric acid.

Guaranteed Analysis:

• Crude Protein (min)    28.5%

• Crude Fat (min)    20.5%

• Crude Fiber (max)    3.5%

• Moisture (max)    10.0%

Calorie Content:

This diet contains 4255 kilocalories of metabolizable energy (ME) per kilogram or 383 kilocalories ME per cup on an as fed basis (calculated).