Specific CRD-2 Weight Control review

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

The order runs wheat, fish meal, maize protein, then cellulose powder and beet pulp, putting a pure fibre source and a fibre-rich byproduct both inside the top half of the label. Egg powder follows as a second animal protein, with animal protein hydrolysate just behind.

Fat is declared at 5.9% and crude fibre at 6.5%, with protein at 23.8%. Fat kept down that far is how a control diet holds energy in check, and the fibre is there so the smaller ration still eats like a meal. Set beside an everyday kibble those figures look unusual, which is the design of a therapeutic food showing through rather than a gap in it.

Energy comes out at 317 kcal per 100g. The label asks for 240 grams a day at 15kg, 405 grams at 30kg and 850 grams at 80kg. On a maintenance plan the practice will normally set the amount against the weight it wants held, so treat those rows as an opening position for that conversation.

Antarctic krill, fish oil and potato protein appear lower down, with methionine and L-carnitine named individually and yeast and psyllium husk closing out the functional entries. Rosemary extract works with a tocopherol and vitamin C pairing to keep the fats from turning in the bag. Vegetable oil is entered without a source and no inclusion percentages are printed anywhere.

For allergen tracking, the printed list carries fish, egg, wheat and maize. The animal protein hydrolysate is left without a species, so a dog avoiding one particular meat cannot be cleared on this label alone. Whether any of that matters for yours is a question to put to the vet who suggested the food.

It comes to £6.36 a kilo. The listing shows a small bag sold singly and in threes, alongside 6 kg and 12 kg bags. On an estimated 265 grams a day for a 15kg dog, the daily figure lands near £1.69.