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Specific F/C-IN-L Intensive Support 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.

F/C-IN-L Intensive Support sits in Specific's clinical range. It is a chicken-based wet diet aimed at recovery feeding, for animals coming through illness or surgery with a vet overseeing them.

WetAdult

A chicken-based wet diet from Specific's clinical range, made for recovery feeding under a vet's care. It is very fluid, with essentially no bulk, so a dog with almost no appetite still takes in protein and energy. We do not score veterinary diets.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs coming through illness or surgery, fed on a vet's advice
A soft, concentrated food with no fibre to fill the stomach
Chicken named as the fat source, where most labels stop at animal fat
Trace elements in chelated form, with taurine and L-carnitine named

Worth watching

Skimmed milk powder is second on the list, a dairy entry uncommon on a dog food label
The feeding guide covers cats and dogs, and the dog rows begin at 15kg

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A recovering dog's daily amount is set by the vet supervising it, so read the dog column of the guide only as a reference.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

What's in it

Chicken
Skimmed milk powderDairy, worth catching if milk is something your dog reacts to.
Fish oil
Minerals
Egg powder
Animal fat (chicken)The species is named.
Vitamins and trace elementsThe trace elements come chelated.
Taurine, L-carnitineNamed additions with no inclusion figure.
Fructo-oligosaccharides, yeastA prebiotic fibre, and yeast declared for its beta-glucans.

Four animal sources on the label: chicken, milk, egg and fish.

Named ingredients

Chicken, skimmed milk powder, fish oil, minerals, egg powder, animal fat (chicken), vitamins and trace elements (including chelated trace elements), taurine, fructo-oligosaccharides, yeast (source of ß-1.3/1.6-glucans), L-carnitine.

Against the range

Chicken, dairy, egg and fish make up the whole of the animal side, with no cereal, vegetable or fruit on the list. Moisture is declared at 84.5% and crude fibre at 0.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

81.5 kcal/100g

Protein

6.8%

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

Moisture

84.5%

Dry weight

Protein

43.9%

Fat

35.5%

Fibre

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

50.2%

Added water

19.5%

Oils

9.7%

Other

20.5%

Pricing & size