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Specific CDD-HY Food Allergen Management 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.

Specific sells this one through its CDD-HY range as a food allergen management diet, built on hydrolysed salmon protein for dogs the vet has put on a hydrolysed feeding trial.

DryPuppyAdult

A veterinary food allergen management diet from Specific's CDD-HY range, built on hydrolysed salmon protein for dogs a vet has put on a hydrolysed feeding trial. We put no score on it. Your vet has seen your dog and we have not.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a hydrolysed feeding trial set by their vet
Salmon protein broken into smaller fragments before it goes in
Fibre from psyllium husk and cellulose powder
Chelated trace elements, as the label spells out

Worth watching

A second protein hydrolysate with no source named
Pork through the fat, and fish oil as a second fish entry
Listed from puppyhood to old age, yet the feeding table is headed for adults only

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

The details

Dog fit

Specific lists it for every life stage and size. Take the unnamed hydrolysate and the adult-only feeding table to your vet before you start.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

What's in it

Rice
Rice proteinPlant protein doing real work before any animal entry.
Pork fatPork on the label.
Hydrolysed salmon proteinThe point of the recipe: salmon protein broken into smaller fragments.
Minerals
Protein hydrolysateNo source named at all.
Cellulose powderFibre.
Vitamins and trace elementsThe trace elements are chelated.
Fish oilA second fish-derived entry.
Psyllium husk, rosemary extractRosemary, with tocopherols and vitamin C, keeps the fats stable.

No ash is printed, so the carbohydrate share cannot be worked out.

Named ingredients

Rice, rice protein, pork fat, hydrolysed salmon protein, minerals, protein hydrolysate, cellulose powder, vitamins and trace elements (including chelated trace elements), fish oil, psyllium husk, rosemary extract. With natural antioxidants (tocopherols and vitamin C).

Against the range

A veterinary diet built on rice and rice protein, with pork fat and hydrolysed salmon protein behind them, a second protein hydrolysate of no stated source, and fish oil further down.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

370.7 kcal/100g

Protein

22.8%

Fat

11.8%

Fibre

1.8%

Moisture

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

24.9%

Fat

12.9%

Fibre

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

11.5%

Carbs

69.4%

Oils

9.6%

Other

9.5%

Pricing & size