ROYAL CANIN GASTRO DOG CAN FOOD [400 GM]

What Is Royal Canin Gastro Dog Can Food 400g?

Royal Canin Gastro Dog Can Food 400g is officially named Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Loaf. It is a complete veterinary wet diet formulated to support dogs experiencing gastrointestinal sensitivities, acute intestinal absorption problems and nutritional recovery.

Its highly digestible ingredients, balanced fibres and prebiotics support healthy digestion and intestinal transit. The high energy density provides required calories through a smaller food volume, helping reduce intestinal load. Its palatable loaf texture is also designed to encourage eating when appetite has decreased.

Important Formula Distinction

This product is the standard Gastrointestinal formula. It is not Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Low Fat.

The standard formula contains 5.9% fat on an as-fed basis and is energy-dense. Royal Canin specifically states that it is not suitable for dogs with pancreatitis or a history of pancreatitis, hyperlipidaemia, lymphangiectasia or exudative enteropathy. Dogs requiring fat restriction may need the separately formulated Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Low Fat diet.

Animeal’s current product description calls the 400g standard can “fat-restricted,” but that statement conflicts with Royal Canin’s official product information and should be removed before publication.

Who Is This For?

Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Dog Can may be prescribed when:

• Your dog has acute or recurring diarrhoea.
• Your dog is recovering from an episode of diarrhoea.
• Your dog has gastritis or digestive irritation diagnosed by a veterinarian.
• Your dog has difficulty digesting or absorbing nutrients.
• Your dog has inflammatory bowel disease or colitis.
• Your dog has exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and the veterinarian considers the standard formula appropriate.
• Your dog has a reduced appetite during illness or recovery.
• Your dog requires nutritional support while being reintroduced to food after surgery.
• Your dog needs an energy-dense diet that provides calories through a smaller meal volume.
• Your dog requires highly digestible wet food during convalescence.
• Your veterinarian recommends smaller, frequent meals to reduce digestive workload.

Royal Canin identifies uses including acute and chronic diarrhoea, gastritis, maldigestion, malabsorption, inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, reduced appetite, post-surgical refeeding, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and certain acute liver conditions. Suitability still depends on the individual diagnosis.

Do Not Use Without Specific Veterinary Approval When:

• Your dog has pancreatitis or a previous history of pancreatitis.
• Your dog has high blood-fat levels or hyperlipidaemia.
• Your dog has lymphangiectasia.
• Your dog has an exudative or protein-losing intestinal condition requiring fat restriction.
• Your dog has another condition for which the veterinarian has prescribed a low-fat diet.

These dogs may require Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Low Fat or another therapeutic formula instead.

Do not choose this food based only on vomiting, loose stools, gas or poor appetite. Parasites, infections, toxins, foreign-body obstruction, pancreatitis, liver disease, food reactions and other medical problems can cause similar signs.

Composition — What’s In It?

• Meat and animal derivatives — provide animal protein and essential amino acids needed for muscle maintenance, tissue repair and recovery.
• Pork and poultry by-products — are identified by Royal Canin as highly digestible protein ingredients used in the formula.
• Fish and fish derivatives — include salmon, a highly digestible protein and source of dietary fatty acids.
• Rice and other cereals — provide digestible carbohydrates for energy during recovery.
• Derivatives of vegetable origin — contribute dietary fibres and other plant-based nutritional components.
• Powdered cellulose — provides insoluble fibre that supports intestinal movement and stool formation.
• Dried beet pulp — provides fermentable fibre that supports digestive balance and beneficial intestinal bacteria.
• Oils and fats — provide concentrated energy, helping meet calorie requirements through a smaller meal volume.
• Fish oil — provides omega-3 fatty acids that support normal cell and digestive function.
• Minerals — support fluid balance, nerves, muscles and essential metabolic processes.
• Yeasts and yeast components — contribute nutrients and prebiotic compounds that support the intestinal microbiome.
• Marigold extract — supplies lutein, an antioxidant that helps protect cells against everyday oxidative stress.

Royal Canin India lists meat and animal derivatives, fish and fish derivatives, cereals, vegetable derivatives, oils and fats, minerals and yeasts. It identifies pork and poultry by-products, salmon and rice as highly digestible ingredients.

Nutritional Additives per Kilogram

• Vitamin D3: 260 IU
• Iron: 6mg
• Iodine: 0.3mg
• Copper: 2.8mg
• Manganese: 2mg
• Zinc: 20mg
• Clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin: 2.5g

Analytical Constituents

• Protein: 8.9%
• Fat content: 5.9%
• Crude ash: 2.4%
• Crude fibre: 1.2%
• Moisture: 74%
• Sodium: 0.27%
• Potassium: 0.17%
• Omega-3 fatty acids: 0.38%
• Omega-6 fatty acids: 1.8%
• Metabolisable energy: 1,111 kcal per kg

Key Nutritional Benefits

Digestive Support

The highly digestible formula contains balanced fibres and prebiotic nutrients to support digestion, healthy intestinal transit and a balanced gut microbiome.

High Energy Density

Its high energy content allows the dog to receive required calories through a smaller quantity of food. This helps reduce the volume passing through a sensitive digestive tract.

High Palatability

The loaf is formulated to encourage food acceptance in dogs experiencing a reduced appetite during digestive illness, recovery or convalescence.

Nutritional Restoration

The formula contains increased electrolytes and a concentrated level of essential nutrients to support dogs during and after acute intestinal absorption disorders.

Wet-Food Moisture

The formula contains 74% moisture, contributing water through the meal. Fresh drinking water must still remain available throughout the day.

How to Use It

Feed Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Dog Can only under the guidance of a qualified veterinarian.

Serve the food at room temperature and divide your dog’s complete daily quantity into several smaller meals. Smaller, measured portions may reduce digestive workload and be easier for a sensitive gastrointestinal tract to manage.

Keep fresh drinking water available throughout the day. Dogs experiencing vomiting or diarrhoea can become dehydrated quickly.

Do not add ghee, oil, milk, curd, table scraps, ordinary treats, rich meat, gravy, supplements or another food unless your veterinarian approves them. Additional foods can increase fat, alter digestibility and interfere with the prescribed nutritional plan.

When combining Gastrointestinal wet and dry food, reduce both portions according to a veterinarian-approved mixed-feeding calculation. Do not serve the complete wet-food allowance together with the complete dry-food allowance.

After opening, cover and refrigerate the unused portion according to the instructions printed on the can. Use clean utensils and discard food that has remained at room temperature for an extended period.

Transitioning to a New Food

Royal Canin recommends transitioning between diets gradually over approximately 7–10 days. A veterinarian may recommend a different schedule when the dog has acute diarrhoea, has recently undergone surgery or requires immediate nutritional support.

Unless your veterinarian gives different instructions:

Days 1–2: 75% current food + 25% Royal Canin Gastrointestinal

Days 3–4: 50% current food + 50% Royal Canin Gastrointestinal

Days 5–6: 25% current food + 75% Royal Canin Gastrointestinal

Day 7 onwards: 100% Royal Canin Gastrointestinal

A slow transition helps reduce digestive upset. Contact your veterinarian if vomiting or diarrhoea worsens, your dog refuses food or the transition cannot be completed.

Recommended Feeding Period

Royal Canin recommends feeding Gastrointestinal for 1–2 weeks during and after acute diarrhoea until normal restoration is achieved.

Longer use may be recommended for chronic gastrointestinal disease, maldigestion, malabsorption or recovery, but the veterinarian should determine the duration and periodically reassess the dog’s condition.

Feeding Guide

The quantities below are approximate daily recommendations for the 400g loaf.

These values come from Royal Canin’s official Gastrointestinal Loaf table. The Indian webpage currently displays the thin and overweight columns in reverse order, so the correctly ordered official regional table has been used above. Check the feeding table printed on the physical Indian can as the final reference.

Your veterinarian may adjust the quantity according to:

• Current and target body weight
• Body condition
• Severity of digestive signs
• Hydration status
• Appetite
• Activity level
• Recovery stage
• Whether dry food is also being fed
• Other medical conditions
• Medicines being administered

Common Questions

What is Royal Canin Gastro Dog Can Food used for?

It provides veterinary nutritional support for dogs with gastrointestinal sensitivities, acute intestinal absorption disorders, diarrhoea and nutritional recovery.

The food is highly digestible, energy-dense and formulated to support digestion while reducing meal volume and intestinal load.

What is the official product name?

The official name is Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Loaf Wet Dog Food.

“Royal Canin Gastro Dog Can Food” is Animeal’s abbreviated catalogue title.

Is this a prescription veterinary diet?

Yes. Royal Canin identifies it as a veterinary-exclusive formula.

Use it only after a veterinarian confirms that the standard Gastrointestinal formula is suitable for your dog’s diagnosis.

Is this the Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Low Fat can?

No. This 400g can is the standard, high-energy Gastrointestinal Loaf.

The separate Low Fat wet formula is sold in a different pack and has a substantially lower fat content.

Can dogs with pancreatitis eat this food?

Royal Canin states that the standard Gastrointestinal Loaf is not suitable for pancreatitis or a previous history of pancreatitis.

Dogs with pancreatitis commonly require a fat-restricted formula such as Gastrointestinal Low Fat, depending on the veterinarian’s assessment.

Why does Animeal’s current listing say this food is low fat?

The current Animeal copy appears to have confused the standard Gastrointestinal can with the separate Gastrointestinal Low Fat formula.

Royal Canin’s official information describes the standard 400g loaf as high-energy and lists a fat content of 5.9%. The Animeal product copy should be corrected.

Does this food stop diarrhoea immediately?

No. It provides nutritional support and does not treat every cause of diarrhoea.

Parasites, infections, toxins, foreign objects, pancreatitis and inflammatory conditions may require diagnostic tests, fluids or medication.

How long should my dog eat this food?

Royal Canin recommends 1–2 weeks during and after acute diarrhoea until recovery is achieved.

Longer feeding should follow veterinary advice based on the diagnosis and your dog’s response.

Can Royal Canin Gastrointestinal replace medicine?

No. It does not replace deworming, antibiotics, anti-nausea medication, pancreatic enzymes, fluid therapy or other treatment prescribed by the veterinarian.

Can puppies eat Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Loaf?

Royal Canin includes weaning diarrhoea among the situations in which this formula may be used.

However, a puppy has specific growth requirements and can become dehydrated or develop low blood glucose quickly. Use this food for a puppy only when a veterinarian confirms the quantity and duration.

Can I mix this can with Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Dry Food?

Yes, when your veterinarian approves mixed feeding.

Both portions must be reduced so the dog receives the correct total daily calories and therapeutic nutritional balance. Royal Canin offers a compatible standard Gastrointestinal dry formula.

Is this food suitable for overweight dogs?

The formula is high in energy and is designed to reduce meal volume rather than function as a weight-loss diet.

Use the overweight feeding quantity only when your veterinarian considers the standard formula suitable. Dogs requiring lower energy or lower fat may need another gastrointestinal formula.

Can I give treats while feeding this diet?

Only give treats approved by your veterinarian.

Rich treats, table scraps and oily foods may worsen digestive signs or interfere with the nutritional management plan.

What should I do if my dog refuses to eat?

Contact your veterinarian if appetite remains poor or occurs with repeated vomiting, pain, weakness or dehydration.

Dogs recovering from illness or surgery may require anti-nausea treatment, pain relief, fluid therapy or assisted nutritional support.

When are vomiting and diarrhoea an emergency?

Seek urgent veterinary care when the signs are repeated or accompanied by blood, severe weakness, collapse, abdominal swelling, pain, an inability to retain water or suspected toxin or foreign-object ingestion.

Puppies, senior dogs and dogs with diabetes can deteriorate more quickly.

What’s in the Box?

1 sealed manufacturer can containing 400g of Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Loaf Wet Dog Food.

Royal Canin India officially confirms the 1 × 400g format. Animeal’s exact 400g product page is active and currently lists an expiry of February 2027 or later. Price, promotion, availability and expiry may change and should be checked on the live product page before publishing time-sensitive information.

Store unopened cans in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight and excessive heat.

After opening, cover and refrigerate the unused food according to the storage directions printed on the can. Check the seal, batch number and best-before date before feeding.

Veterinary Diet Notice

This is a complete veterinary prescription diet formulated for dogs with specific medical conditions. Use only under veterinary guidance. Do not feed without a vet's recommendation.

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