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Specific COD-HY Allergen Management Plus 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 fronts this one in its COD-HY range as Allergen Management Plus. The maker offers this rice and hydrolysed salmon recipe for dogs whose vet is working through a suspected food allergy.

DryAdult

A veterinary diet from Specific's COD-HY range, offered for dogs whose vet is working through a suspected food allergy. Rice and rice protein lead, with hydrolysed salmon protein as the animal protein. We do not score veterinary diets, so this page sets out the label and leaves the call to your vet.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a diet trial set up by their vet for a suspected food allergy
Owners who want the hydrolysate size on the bag, printed as below 10,000 dalton
Adult dogs of any size, with a feeding guide from 2.5kg up to 80kg

Worth watching

Fish oil, pork fat and borage oil as well as the salmon. Show those to your vet before a strict trial
Rice protein second on the list, so much of the protein is cereal

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs and meant to be fed on a vet's advice. Check the full list against the trial your vet has planned.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

What's in it

RiceFirst on the list.
Rice proteinCereal protein, ahead of any animal source.
Fish oilThird, so fish sits high in the recipe.
Hydrolysed salmon proteinBroken into small fragments so a primed immune system is less likely to react.
Cellulose powderMost of the insoluble fibre behind a crude fibre of 5.0%.
Minerals, pork fatA second animal, below the minerals.
Protein hydrolysateBelow 10,000 dalton, a size limit seldom printed on a UK bag.
Vitamins and trace elements, borage oilBorage is a plant oil for gamma linolenic acid.
Psyllium husk, rosemary extractPsyllium does the soluble fibre.

Vitamins and chelated trace elements are listed inside the ingredients, with tocopherols and vitamin C to keep the fats fresh; no separate panel is published.

Salmon is not the only animal: fish oil and pork fat are on the label too.

Named ingredients

Rice, rice protein, fish oil, hydrolysed salmon protein, cellulose powder, minerals, pork fat, protein hydrolysate (below 10,000 dalton), vitamins and trace elements (including chelated trace elements), borage oil, psyllium husk, rosemary extract. With natural antioxidants (tocopherols and vitamin C).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

362.6 kcal/100g

Protein

23%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Moisture

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

25.1%

Fat

16.4%

Fibre

5.5%

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

11.5%

Carbs

69.2%

Oils

10.9%

Other

8.3%

Pricing & size