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Specific CRD-2 Weight Control 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 runs this one as CRD-2 Weight Control, part of its clinical range. The maker positions the dry diet for holding a dog steady once a course of weight loss is over, with the vet still directing it.

DryAdult

Specific's CRD-2 is a clinical dry diet for keeping weight off after a course of weight loss, with the vet still directing it. We put no score on it. Low fat and high fibre are the design showing through.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs moved onto it by their vet to hold a target weight
A smaller ration that still eats like a meal, with crude fibre at 6.5%
Fat kept down to 5.9%, the way a control diet holds energy in check
L-carnitine and methionine named individually

Worth watching

Fish, egg, wheat and maize all on the printed list
Animal protein hydrolysate with no species, so a dog avoiding one meat cannot be cleared on this label
No inclusion percentages anywhere, and vegetable oil with no source

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The label's 240 grams a day at 15kg is an opening position; your vet sets the amount against the weight they want held.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

What's in it

WheatOpens the list.
Fish meal
Maize protein
Cellulose powder, beet pulpA pure fibre and a fibre-rich byproduct, both in the top half.
Egg powderA second animal protein.
Animal protein hydrolysateNo species given.
Minerals, vegetable oil, vitamins and chelated trace elementsThe oil's source is not named.
Antarctic krill, fish oil, potato protein
Yeast, psyllium husk, methionine, L-carnitineThe functional entries.
Rosemary extractWith tocopherols and vitamin C, keeps the fats from turning.

A veterinary diet: whether the allergens on this label matter for your dog is a question for the vet who suggested it.

Named ingredients

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).

Against the range

A veterinary weight-control kibble for holding a dog steady once weight loss is over. Wheat leads, fish meal and maize protein follow, and cellulose powder and beet pulp sit in the top half to bulk out a smaller ration.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

316.9 kcal/100g

Protein

23.8%

Fat

5.9%

Fibre

6.5%

Moisture

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

26%

Fat

6.4%

Fibre

7.1%

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

32.2%

Carbs

60.4%

Oils

0.8%

Other

6.7%

Pricing & size