Royal Canin vs Waita
How the two brands stack up across Open Dog Food's ratings, ingredients and prices.
Waita scores higher overall: a typical (median) meal rating of 94/100 (Good) across 3 rated meals, versus 39/100 (Poor) for Royal Canin across 91 rated meals.
| Royal Canin | Waita | |
|---|---|---|
| Products | 95 | 60 |
| Rated meals | 91 | 3 |
| Median meal rating | 39Poor | 94Goodhigher |
| Recipe (median) | 39 | 94higher |
| Nutritional (median) | 100higher · 26% medium, 74% low | 92 · 67% medium, 33% low |
| Transparency (median) | 55 | 90higher |
| Safety (median) | 100 | 100 |
| Evidence (median) | 33 · 100% limited | 33 · 100% limited |
| Score range | 24 to 56 | 94 to 96 |
| Complete recipes | 91 of 95 | 3 of 60 |
| High-meat recipes | 0% | 100% |
| Clear-label recipes | 11% | 100% |
| Formats | Dry Air Dried, Dry Extruded, Wet Chunks, Wet Pate | Dry Air Dried, Dry Freeze Dried |
| Recall history | None recorded in our database | None recorded in our database |
Based on 91 rated meals for Royal Canin and 3 for Waita; small samples swing easily as products are added or updated.
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Which brand rates higher, Royal Canin or Waita?
Waita's typical (median) meal rating is 94/100 (Good) across 3 rated meals, compared with 39/100 (Poor) for Royal Canin across 91 rated meals.
Which brand has more high-meat recipes?
Waita has the higher share: 100% of rated meals are high-meat, versus 0% for Royal Canin.
How are these ratings calculated?
Open Dog Food parses each published ingredient list, estimates missing quantities, converts every ingredient to its dry-matter share and scores the recipe from 1 to 100. The full method is on the methodology page.