Dr Clauders

Dr Clauders Special Diet: LPD Liver review

Name: Dr Clauders Special Diet: LPD Liver
Brand: Dr Clauders

37.4/100Average

DryAdult

Flavour

Four condition-shaped kibbles sold as complete foods, for skin and coat, the gut, the liver and the kidneys. Each holds something back on purpose, whether protein, fat or minerals. On a general reading that costs them points, and winning a nutrition contest was never the job.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog whose owner and vet have settled on a diet aimed at one organ or system
Dogs that need fat kept down; the intestinal recipe declares 7%
Cereal eaters. Rice runs through all four, with corn and barley beside it
Digestion that needs an easier ride, with hydrolysed protein on every label
Owners happy to open a fresh bag often, as only the smaller sizes are sold

Worth watching

Liver and kidney diets are a call to make with your vet, as the restriction that helps one dog can be wrong for another
Poultry throughout with no bird named, and the kidney recipe's animal fat names no animal at all
No calorie figure on any pack, so the energy here is our estimate

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

37.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs, with no size given. Choose the recipe by the condition your vet is managing, not by flavour.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

LPD Liver 37.4
FSD Skin 37.1
IRD Intestinal 33.2
RSD Kidney 31.1

All four Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The low scores are the design showing through: a general adult reading marks down the very restrictions each recipe was built around.

What's in it

Rice flour
Poultry meat mealUnnamed bird.
Poultry fatMoves the energy away from protein.
Flaxseed, rice bran
Protein hydrolysate
Parsley
Ammonium chlorideUnusual on an everyday kibble, and part of this recipe's purpose.
Chicory, mannanoligosaccharides, cellulosePrebiotics and bulk without calories.
Mono-calcium phosphate, fish oil
Dried blueberries, psyllium, potassium chloride

Named ingredients

Rice flour, poultry meat meal, poultry fat, flaxseed, rice bran, protein hydrolysate, parsley, ammonium chloride, chicory, mannanoligosaccharides, cellulose, mono-calcium phosphate, fish oil, blueberries (dried), psyllium, potassium chloride.

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 18.8%; 24.3% on the skin recipe; 15.5% on the kidney.
Fat, dry matter: 17.7%; Highest in the range.
Calcium, dry matter: 0.99%; 0.66% on the kidney diet.

Protein held down and fat raised, a shape built entirely around its stated purpose.

Cereals lead all four: rice throughout, with corn, millet and barley alongside. They bring digestible energy with little protein or phosphorus, which is what a restricted diet wants. The animal side is written as poultry meat meal, poultry protein and poultry fat, never a named bird, and the kidney recipe adds animal fat with no species at all. Chicory and potassium chloride are on every label, and so is a protein hydrolysate.

What varies is the job. The skin recipe stacks three oils, the intestinal holds fat right down, the liver holds protein down and the kidney holds protein, ash and calcium lowest of all.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

367 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

17%

Fat

16%

Fibre

3.2%

Ash

5.3%

Moisture

9.5%

Dry weight

Protein

18.8%

Fat

17.7%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

5.9%

Carbs

54.1%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

27.7%

Carbs

50.3%

Veg

0.8%

Oils

9.1%

Other

12.1%

Pricing & size