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Pro Plan Veterinary Diets DM Diabetes Management Dry review

We don't put a score on this food. It is a veterinary diet, formulated for a diagnosed condition and meant to be fed on a vet's advice. Your vet has seen your dog and we have not, so a number from us could only pull you towards their advice or away from it, and neither of those is ours to do. What follows is what the label declares, what the analysis works out at, and where to buy it, with no judgement attached to any of it.

Purina's Pro Plan Veterinary Diets line carries DM Diabetes Management, a dry food for a dog whose blood sugar a vet is working to control.

DryAdult

Purina's veterinary dry food for diabetes management, meant to be fed on a vet's advice, so we give it no score. The label flags its own carbohydrate sources with an asterisk, which makes the panel easy to work through when starch is the thing being watched. The analysis follows the usual pattern for a diet of this type: plenty of protein, restrained fat and a heavy fibre load.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs a vet has put on a diabetes management diet
Owners asked to watch starch, since every carbohydrate source is marked on the label
Protein declared at 37%, converting to 40.2% of dry matter
A heavy fibre load from pea hulls, beet pulp and cellulose, with crude fibre at 7% as fed

Worth watching

Dried poultry protein with no bird named. Raise it at the practice if your dog has known intolerances
Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size, on a vet's advice. The amount in the bowl is normally the one the practice writes down, so check it with them before you start.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

What's in it

Dried poultry proteinNo bird named, the entry that leaves the most unsaid.
Barley, cornMarked by the label as carbohydrate sources.
Soya meal, pea hulls, corn protein mealAlso asterisked as carbohydrate sources.
Pea proteinPlant protein on top of the poultry.
Pork fat, digest
Dried beet pulp, cellulosePart of the fibre built up from several directions.
Fish oil
Minerals
White bean extract0.1%A source of amylase inhibitor, the one addition chosen for a purpose beyond nutrition.

Taurine at 1000 mg per kilogram, with vitamins A, D3, E and C and the trace elements all printed in full.

Named ingredients

Dried poultry protein, Barley*, Corn*, Soya meal*, Pea hulls*, Corn protein meal*, Pea protein, Pork fat, Digest, Dried beet pulp*, Cellulose, Fish oil, Minerals, White bean extract (0.1%, source of amylase inhibitor), *Carbohydrate sources

Against the range

A veterinary dry food for a dog whose blood sugar a vet is working to control. Dried poultry protein leads, and the label marks its carbohydrate sources with an asterisk. Fibre comes from pea hulls, beet pulp and cellulose, and white bean extract is added as a source of amylase inhibitor.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

342 kcal/100g

Protein

37%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

40.2%

Fat

13%

Fibre

7.6%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

31.6%

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

38.6%

Carbs

54.8%

Oils

1.1%

Other

5.6%

Pricing & size