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Specific CED-DM Endocrine support 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 offers this one through its CED-DM range as an endocrine support diet, a fish led kibble held high in protein and fibre for dogs whose condition the vet is managing by diet.

DryAdult

An endocrine support diet from Specific's CED-DM range, meant to be fed on a vet's advice, so it carries no score from us. It is a fish led kibble held high in protein and fibre, with the energy kept down.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose condition the vet is managing by diet
A fish led recipe, fresh fish and fish meal at the top
Protein printed at 38.0% with energy at 336 kcal per 100g
A high fibre bowl: crude fibre declared at 7.0%

Worth watching

Fish, pork and egg all in the recipe, plus an animal protein hydrolysate with no species named
No ash printed, so the carbohydrate share is unstated

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The feeding guide reads 230g a day at 15kg, from 60g at 2.5kg up to 800g at 80kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

What's in it

Fresh fish, fish mealThe same protein in wet and dried form.
Oats, dried peas
Hydrolysed salmon protein, potato protein, maize protein, pea starchA fair amount of plant protein alongside the fish.
Cellulose powder, beet pulpFibre is worked hard in this one.
Animal protein hydrolysateNo species name at all.
Pork fat, fish oil
Egg powder, Antarctic krill
Vitamins, trace elements, minerals, vegetable oilSome trace elements chelated.
Fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husk
Taurine, yeast, methionine, L-carnitine, green tea, pomegranate, cranberry and rosemary extractsNo percentages printed, so you can see they are in without seeing how much.

Vitamins and trace elements, some chelated, are listed inline; no separate additives panel is published.

No ash figure on the label, so dry matter carbohydrate cannot be worked out.

Named ingredients

Fresh fish, fish meal, oats, dried peas, hydrolysed salmon protein, potato protein, maize protein, pea starch, cellulose powder, animal protein hydrolysate, beet pulp, pork fat, fish oil, vitamins and trace elements (including chelated trace elements), egg powder, Antarctic krill, minerals, vegetable oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husk, taurine, yeast (source of ß-1.3/1.6-glucans), methionine, L-carnitine, green tea extract, pomegranate extract, cranberry extract, rosemary extract. With natural antioxidants (tocopherols and vitamin C).

Against the range

A single fish led kibble: fresh fish and fish meal open the list, with oats, dried peas and several plant proteins behind them. Fibre comes from cellulose, beet pulp, psyllium and fructo-oligo-saccharides.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

336.3 kcal/100g

Protein

38%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Moisture

9.5%

Dry weight

Protein

42%

Fat

13.3%

Fibre

7.7%

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

65.5%

Carbs

33.6%

Oils

0.3%

Other

0.7%

Pricing & size