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Specific CKW Heart & Kidney 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 sells this one within its CKW range as the wet form of its heart and kidney diet. It is a rice led recipe with pork behind it, meant for dogs held on restricted protein by their vet.

WetAdult

A veterinary diet from Specific's CKW range, written for dogs whose vet has put them on restricted protein for the heart and kidneys. We describe the label and leave the judgement to the vet. Rice comes first and pork second, which is how a diet of this kind is normally built.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a vet-led restricted protein plan for heart or kidney support
Owners checking a recipe against an allowed list: every ingredient names itself
A single declared meat, pork, with egg as the second animal protein
Dogs that need a wet bowl, at 69.1% moisture

Worth watching

No phosphorus or sodium figure, as the minerals are not itemised
Fish oil and egg powder for a dog avoiding either

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size, fed on a vet's advice. The guide runs from 75 grams a day at 1kg through 435 grams at 10kg to 865 grams at 25kg.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Pork

What's in it

RiceThe largest single component, as a restricted protein diet is usually built.
PorkThe only meat declared.
Maize
Fish oil, sunflower oilFish appears only as oil.
Egg powderA second animal protein.
Powdered cellulose, beet pulp, psyllium huskCarry the fibre.
MineralsDeclared with nothing itemised.
Fructo-oligo-saccharides
DextroseA sugar, used in a small way for palatability.
AuraGuardCalcium carbonate, citrus extract, maltodextrin and sodium chloride, with no level given.

No ash is declared, so dry-matter figures cannot be fully worked out and the analysis is read as fed.

Named ingredients

Rice, pork, maize, fish oil, egg powder, sunflower oil, powdered cellulose, minerals, beet pulp, fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husk, dextrose, AuraGuard (calcium carbonate citrus extract maltodextrin sodium chloride).

Against the range

The wet form of Specific's CKW heart and kidney diet. Rice leads and pork follows, with protein held back to 5.5% as fed. Every ingredient names itself, though the minerals are not itemised.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

129.5 kcal/100g

Protein

5.5%

Fat

Fibre

Moisture

69.1%

Dry weight

Protein

17.8%

Fat

16.2%

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

30.4%

Added water

4.1%

Carbs

57.4%

Oils

6.1%

Other

Pricing & size