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Specific CGD-XL Senior large and giant breed review

Name: Specific CGD-XL Senior large and giant breed
Brand: Specific

34.3/100Average

DryAdultSenior

An Average senior kibble scaled for big old dogs, with psyllium husk added and fat trimmed to 8.9% as fed. Wheat and maize protein lead, and fish meal is the named animal protein. It is pitched at steady maintenance, and the score is no warning about feeding it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large and giant dogs in later life, with a table running from 20kg up to 95kg
A heavy older dog watching the waistline
Digestion that has turned unreliable: psyllium husk works with the beet pulp
Joint and heart support named outright, with fish oil, taurine and L-carnitine

Worth watching

Wheat is the first ingredient
An animal protein hydrolysate with no species, and pork fat as the added fat
Protein at 20.1% as fed, so not a high-protein senior food

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

How this scores

How we score

34.3/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large and giant adults and seniors. The label asks 450 grams at 40kg and 610 grams at 60kg, so scale the daily amount to the dog you have.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Specific CGD-XL Senior large and giant breed 34.3

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Cereal in the top two places and one named meat set the score; for steady maintenance of a big elderly dog, the label delivers without fuss.

What's in it

WheatA sturdy biscuit most dogs handle well.
Maize protein
Beet pulp
Fish mealThe one named animal protein, already dried, so it supplies more than its place suggests.
Pork fat, fish oilPork for a pork-free home to note; fish oil for older joints.
Animal protein hydrolysateNo species given.
Minerals, vitamins and trace elements, egg powderSome chelated trace elements; egg adds a little quality protein.
Psyllium huskForms a gel, useful for a big old dog with inconsistent stools.
Yeast, amino acids, taurine, L-carnitineLysine and methionine top up a mostly plant protein. Taurine for the heart.
Rosemary extract

Named ingredients

Wheat, maize protein, beet pulp, fish meal, pork fat, fish oil, animal protein hydrolysate, minerals. vitamins and trace elements (including chelated trace elements), egg powder, methionine, psyllium husk, yeast (source of mannan-oligosaccharides), lysine, taurine, threonine, tryptophan, L-carnitine, rosemary extract. With natural antioxidants (tocopherols and vitamin C).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

355.4 kcal/100g

Protein

20.1%

Fat

8.9%

Fibre

2.9%

Moisture

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

22%

Fat

9.7%

Fibre

3.2%

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

14.4%

Carbs

78.1%

Oils

5.5%

Other

Pricing & size