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Rocco Diet Care Weight Control: Chicken with Potato 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.

Rocco offers this pair through its Diet Care range as weight control recipes, two lean tins with added L-carnitine aimed at dogs on a slimming plan their vet has set.

WetAdult

Flavour

A veterinary weight diet from Rocco's Diet Care range, in two lean tins with added L-carnitine. The energy per 100g sits well under an ordinary wet food, so the bowl is bigger for the same dog. We do not score veterinary diets; your vet sets the target.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a slimming plan set by their vet
Owners who want the L-carnitine dose printed, at 500mg in both
Dogs that need a full bowl on a low calorie count

Worth watching

No ingredient list beyond the recipe names. Ask your practice or Rocco for the full declaration if a meat is being avoided
Large daily portions, since both tins are mostly water

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

The details

Dog fit

Fed on a vet's advice. Agree the target weight and daily amount with your vet before the first tin.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Chicken

What's in it

Vitamin D3, vitamin E at 20 IU, biotin, zinc, manganese, copper at 1mg and iodine, with L-carnitine at 500mg.

No itemised ingredient list is published. Chicken is the only animal named.

Against the range

Moisture: 81.0%; 78.0% on the beef and chicken.
Fat, dry matter: 11.6%; 20.5% on the beef and chicken.
Protein, dry matter: 55.8%; 49.1% on the beef and chicken.

The leaner of the pair by some margin.

Two lean tins on a vet-set slimming plan, both with L-carnitine dosed at 500mg. No itemised ingredient list is published for either, so the recipe names are all there is to go on.

The beef and chicken tin is 80 kcal per 100g; the chicken with potato is wetter at 81.0% moisture and lighter at 61 kcal. The two panels differ over how vitamin E is given and whether copper appears.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

61 kcal/100g

Protein

10.6%

Fat

2.2%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

2.3%

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

55.8%

Fat

11.6%

Fibre

12.1%

Ash

12.1%

Carbs

8.4%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £2.84 (RRP)
Pack: 6 x 400g, 24 x 400g (Saver Pack), 6 x 800g, 12 x 800g, 24 x 800g (Saver Pack)
A 15kg dog eats (our estimate): 1225 to 1495 g a day, 1360 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £3.86

The lightest tin here, so a 15 kg dog would need about 1360 grams a day.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.