Specific

Specific CRD-1 Weight Reduction 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.

In its clinical range Specific calls this one CRD-1 Weight Reduction. It is a dry diet built on heavy fibre and trimmed fat, for dogs on a slimming plan their vet is running.

DryAdult

Specific's clinical dry diet for weight reduction, built on heavy fibre and trimmed fat for dogs on a slimming plan their vet is running. Crude fibre is declared at 13.2% and fat at 6.1%, with protein held at 29.7%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a vet-run slimming plan
A dog that needs a full bowl on few calories; fibre gives it something to eat
Keeping muscle while fat comes off, with protein held up and L-carnitine added
Every size from toy to giant

Worth watching

Fish meal with no fish named and an animal protein hydrolysate with no animal, so it will not carry an exclusion trial
Wheat first on the list

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The label asks 280 grams a day at 15kg and 470 grams at 30kg, though on a slimming plan the vet sets the ration against the target weight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

What's in it

Wheat
Fish mealNo fish named.
Maize protein, oats
Cellulose powder, beet pulpBulk near the front, calories a long way back.
Animal protein hydrolysate, potato proteinThe hydrolysate names no animal.
Antarctic krill, fish oilOmega fats.
Minerals, vegetable oil, vitamins and trace elements, yeastTrace elements partly chelated; the oil's source is unspecified.
Psyllium huskSoluble fibre on top of the cellulose and beet pulp.
Methionine, L-carnitineNamed additions with no quantity printed; carnitine helps move fat through the system.
Rosemary extract, tocopherols, vitamin CNatural antioxidants.

Vitamins and trace elements are listed inline in the ingredients, with no separate additives panel published.

No ash figure is declared, and no separate additives panel is published.

Named ingredients

Wheat, fish meal, maize protein, oats, cellulose powder, beet pulp, animal protein hydrolysate, potato protein, Antarctic krill, fish oil, minerals, vegetable oil, vitamins and trace elements, (including chelated trace elements), yeast, psyllium husk, methionine, L-carnitine, rosemary extract. With natural antioxidants (tocopherols, and vitamin C).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

274.1 kcal/100g

Protein

29.7%

Fat

6.1%

Fibre

13.2%

Moisture

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

32.5%

Fat

6.7%

Fibre

14.4%

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

27.7%

Carbs

68%

Oils

0.5%

Other

3.8%

Pricing & size