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Pro Plan Veterinary Diets EN Gastrointestinal Low Fat 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.

Under the Pro Plan Veterinary Diets banner, Purina offers EN Gastrointestinal Low Fat, a reduced fat dry food for a dog under a vet's care for his digestion.

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Purina's reduced fat dry food for a dog under a vet's care for his digestion, sold under the Pro Plan Veterinary Diets banner. We do not score it. The low fat specification is the point of the diet, and the analysis shows it plainly.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog whose vet has prescribed a low fat diet for the gut
Fat at 8.2% of dry matter, against protein at 26.1%
Refined coconut oil as a declared source of MCTs
Chicory inulin printed with a figure, at 0.55%
A dog whose appetite has taken a knock. Digest coats the kibble to keep it appealing

Worth watching

Poultry is a family of birds, so the species behind it can change without the bag changing
Animal fats with no species, plus fish oil, soya protein and barley, so it is not built as a single-protein exclusion diet

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size, fed on a vet's advice. The vet who prescribed it is the one to confirm the fat level suits your dog.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

What's in it

Rice, cornStarch at the front of the recipe.
Pea proteinPlant protein, third on the list.
Dried poultry proteinThe one named animal ingredient. Poultry can mean chicken, turkey or duck.
Corn starch, soya protein
Minerals, digestDigest is the palatant coating on the kibble.
Dried beet pulp, barley
Refined coconut oil (source of MCTs)Where the medium chain triglycerides come from.
Animal fats, fish oilNo species on the fat. Fish is present as an oil.
Chicory inulin, monoglycerides0.55%The inulin is a prebiotic fibre, printed with its figure.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, vitamin C at 140 mg per kilo, and dosed iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume a standard 8%.

Named ingredients

Rice, Corn, Pea protein, Dried poultry protein, Corn starch, Soya protein, Minerals, Digest, Dried beet pulp, Barley, Refined coconut oil (source of MCTs), Animal fats, Fish oil, Chicory inulin (0.55%), Monoglycerides

Against the range

One recipe: a rice and corn base with pea protein third, dried poultry protein as the only named animal entry, and fat kept low on purpose, at 8.2% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

351 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

8.2%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

55.3%

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

11.8%

Carbs

83.6%

Veg

0.6%

Oils

0.5%

Other

3.5%

Pricing & size