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Specific CID-LF Digestive Support Low Fat 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 runs this one in its CID-LF line as the low fat member of its digestive family, a tapioca and hydrolysed salmon recipe the maker intends for dogs whose vet wants fat kept well down.

DryAdult

The low-fat member of Specific's CID-LF digestive family, a tapioca and hydrolysed salmon recipe for dogs whose vet wants fat kept well down. We do not put a score on it. No whole meat is declared: the protein comes as plant concentrates and hydrolysed material, by design.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs whose vet has asked for a low-fat digestive diet
Fat declared at 6.6%, the figure the recipe is built around
Protein from hydrolysed salmon and plant concentrates in place of whole meat
Fibre from cellulose powder, beet pulp and psyllium husk, with prebiotics from yeast and FOS

Worth watching

An animal protein hydrolysate with no species, plus fish oil high up; take both to the vet before an elimination trial
Vegetable oil with no plant named
The amount is the vet's call, from the pack's table upwards

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The pack's table runs from 60 grams at 2kg to 820 grams at 80kg, so settle the amount with the prescribing vet.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

What's in it

TapiocaFirst on the list.
Rice proteinPlant protein concentrate.
Hydrolysed salmon proteinSalmon is named where it appears.
Minerals, fish oilFish oil sits high in the list.
Potato protein
Animal protein hydrolysateNo species attached.
Vegetable oil, beet pulpThe oil does not name its plant.
Vitamins and trace elements, cellulose powderSome trace elements chelated. Cellulose is purified fibre for bulk.
Yeast, psyllium husk, fructo-oligosaccharidesYeast brings nucleotides, beta glucans and MOS.
AuraGuard, rosemary extractAuraGuard is calcium carbonate, citrus extract, maltodextrin and sodium chloride.

No ash figure is declared, so the dry matter reading is partial.

Named ingredients

Tapioca, rice protein, hydrolysed salmon protein, minerals, fish oil, potato protein, animal protein hydrolysate, vegetable oil, beet pulp, vitamins and trace elements (including chelated trace elements), cellulose powder, yeast (including sources of nucleotides, β-1.3/1.6-glucans and mannan-oligo-saccharides), psyllium husk, fructooligo-saccharides, AuraGuard (calcium carbonate, citrus extract, maltodextrin, sodium chloride), rosemary extract. With natural antioxidants (tocopherols and vitamin C).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

327.7 kcal/100g

Protein

23%

Fat

6.6%

Fibre

3.7%

Moisture

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

25.1%

Fat

7.2%

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

19.3%

Carbs

69.8%

Oils

4.4%

Other

6.4%

Pricing & size