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Specific CPD-XL Puppy Large & Giant breed review

Name: Specific CPD-XL Puppy Large & Giant breed
Brand: Specific

37.3/100Average

DryPuppy

A big-pup kibble that takes the moderate route, and it sits in our Average band. Fat at 10.2% and energy at 364 kcal per 100g both sit below most puppy foods, the long-established way of keeping a large frame growing steadily. Wheat and maize protein come before the fish meal, and nothing carries a percentage.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large and giant breed puppies, the group it was designed around
Measured growth, with energy under the 376 typical of a puppy kibble
Pups that have not got on with poultry. The named animals are fish, pork fat and egg
An amino acid profile filled in by name: lysine, methionine, threonine, tryptophan and taurine
Steady digestion, with beet pulp and psyllium husk

Worth watching

No calcium figure, the number most owners reach for first on a large-breed growth food
No percentages, so the fish meal share is unknown
An animal protein hydrolysate with no species, which rules out a strict exclusion diet
No ash declared, so it cannot be compared with other growth foods on a dry matter basis

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

How this scores

How we score

37.3/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large and giant breed puppies. Ask Specific for the calcium figure before you start, and set the portion from the bag's chart and your pup's expected adult weight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Specific CPD-XL Puppy Large & Giant breed 37.3

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The moderate fat and the amino acid work are deliberate choices a band cannot show; the reading follows the label as written, and this label declares less than most.

What's in it

WheatAn efficient binder most dogs digest happily once cooked, though one of the grains more often linked with intolerance.
Maize proteinPlant protein ahead of the meat.
Fish mealConcentrated and dried, but with no percentage its reach cannot be judged.
Beet pulp
Pork fat
Animal protein hydrolysateBroken small enough to slip past an immune response, but no species is named.
Minerals, vitamins, trace elementsIncluding chelated trace elements.
Egg powder, fish oilVery digestible protein, then marine omega 3.
Lysine, methionine, threonine, tryptophan, taurineEach topped up on purpose.
Psyllium husk, rosemary extract

No separate additives panel is published; vitamins and trace elements, some chelated, appear inside the ingredient list.

No calcium figure on a food written for large and giant breed growth. Ask the maker for the number.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

364.5 kcal/100g

Protein

26.3%

Fat

10.2%

Fibre

2.4%

Moisture

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

28.7%

Fat

11.1%

Fibre

2.6%

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

21.3%

Carbs

71.9%

Oils

3.7%

Other

Pricing & size