Specific

Specific CID Digestive 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 places this one in its CID Digestive Support line, a highly digestible dry diet built on rice and egg for dogs having their digestion managed under veterinary supervision.

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A veterinary diet, so we do not score it: it is meant to be fed on a vet's advice for a diagnosed condition. Specific builds it on rice and egg for dogs whose digestion is being managed under supervision. Crude fibre is declared at just 1.4%, which is what a low-residue digestive diet is designed to do.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose vet has prescribed a highly digestible, low-residue diet
Puppies, adults and older dogs alike, as Specific lists it for all three
A gut-focused plan. Yeast beta glucans, fructo and xylo oligosaccharides and psyllium husk are all on the label
Any size of dog, with the pack table running from a 2.5kg dog to an 80kg one

Worth watching

An animal protein hydrolysate with no species named, so it cannot work as a strict exclusion diet
Pork fat, fish meal, fish oil and krill on one label, which matters if a species is being tracked

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. Portions on a therapeutic diet are normally set in the consultation, so take the amount from your vet before the bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

What's in it

RiceOpens the label: the kibble rests on cooked starch.
Egg powderA concentrated protein, high on the list.
Fish mealThe only meat meal declared.
Maize, beet pulp
Minerals (including zeolite)Zeolite binds moisture and ammonia on the way through.
DextroseA simple sugar, there for palatability and manufacture.
Pork fatPork appears as fat only, not as a protein.
Animal protein hydrolysateBroken into smaller fragments for an easier gut, but no species is named.
Fish oil, Antarctic krill
Yeast, yeast fermentation product, fructo and xylo oligosaccharides, psyllium husk, AuraGuard, Yucca powder, rosemary extractThe gut-directed group, with no inclusion levels given. AuraGuard carries sodium chloride, so salt is on the list.

Vitamins and trace elements, including chelated trace elements, sit inline in the ingredients with no separate panel.

No ash is declared, so the analysis can only be read as fed.

Named ingredients

Rice, egg powder, fish meal, maize, beet pulp, minerals (including zeolite), dextrose, pork fat, animal protein hydrolysate, vitamins and trace elements (including chelated trace elements), fish oil, Antarctic krill, yeast (including sources of ß-1.3/1.6-glucans and mannanoligo-saccharides), yeast fermentation product (Saccharomyces cerevisiae products, calcium carbonate), fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husk, AuraGuard (calcium carbonate, citrus extract, maltodextrin, sodium chloride), xylo-oligo-saccharides, Yucca powder, rosemary extract. With natural antioxidants (tocopherols and vitamin C).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

378.1 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

1.4%

Moisture

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

27.3%

Fat

14.4%

Fibre

1.5%

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

41.1%

Carbs

53.6%

Oils

1.2%

Other

4.2%

Pricing & size