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Specific F/C-IN-W 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.

Chicken, pork and fish are the base of F/C-IN-W Intensive Support, a wet recovery diet in Specific's clinical range. The maker intends it for animals being fed back up after illness or surgery on veterinary instruction.

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F/C-IN-W Intensive Support is a wet recovery diet in Specific's clinical range, built on chicken, pork and fish. The maker intends it for animals being fed back up after illness or surgery on veterinary instruction. We do not score it. The analysis packs energy into a small volume, at 129 kcal per 100g with almost no fibre.

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Our view

Likely to suit

An animal being fed back up after illness or surgery, on a vet's instruction
A poor eater who needs nutrition in a small volume
Homes avoiding cereal: potato starch and potato protein are the only carbohydrate sources
Taurine and L-carnitine named on the list

Worth watching

Dextrose and xylose, both sugars, near the end of the list
The fish is not given a species

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size, and the guide also covers cats. How much a dog still recovering needs is for the vet handling the case to decide.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

What's in it

Chicken, pork, fishThree meats in ranked order with no amounts; the fish has no species.
Egg powder
Fish oil
Potato starch, potato proteinThe only carbohydrate sources, no cereal.
Minerals, vitamins and trace elementsSome trace elements chelated.
Sunflower oil, psyllium huskPsyllium brings a little soluble fibre.
Dextrose, xyloseBoth sugars.
Taurine, yeast, L-carnitineThe yeast is declared for its beta-glucans.

No ash figure is declared, so the dry-matter panel is partial.

Named ingredients

Chicken, pork, fish, egg powder, fish oil, potato starch, potato protein, minerals, vitamins and trace elements (including chelated trace elements), sunflower oil, psyllium husk, dextrose, xylose, taurine, yeast (source of ß-1.3/1.6-glucans), L-carnitine.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

129.1 kcal/100g

Protein

12%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

0.1%

Moisture

74.2%

Dry weight

Protein

46.5%

Fat

29.1%

Fibre

0.4%

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

82.3%

Added water

9.2%

Carbs

4.7%

Oils

2.6%

Other

1.1%

Pricing & size