Vet's Kitchen

Vet's Kitchen Healthy Weight review

Name: Vet's Kitchen Healthy Weight
Brand: Vet's Kitchen

57.6/100Good

DryAdult

A slimming kibble that takes the fat out and leaves the rest of the structure standing, and it sits in our Good band. What marks it out is a label where every supplement has a dose, L-carnitine at 541mg per kilo included. Transparency reads Outstanding.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a reduction plan. Low fat and lifted fibre keep the bowl looking like dinner
Owners who want the slimming ingredient declared, with L-carnitine dosed on the label
Older dogs slowing down and gaining weight: glucosamine and MSM at 355 mg/kg each, chondroitin sulphate at 250 mg/kg
Big eaters, at roughly 340 kcal per 100 grams against 357 for the typical adult dry food
A home feeding one dog on a diet and one who is not, since underneath it is plain chicken and rice

Worth watching

Brown rice leads, so a grain-free home wants a different recipe
Carbohydrate at 49.9% of dry matter, the trade for taking fat out
Salmon oil beside the chicken, so neither chicken nor fish is avoided here

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

How this scores

How we score

57.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. A weight recipe only works to a measured scoop, so the kitchen scales matter more than usual.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Vet's Kitchen Healthy Weight 57.6

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A fairer result than it looks for a low-calorie recipe: less fat leaves room for starch, but protein holds up and nothing on the label is left vague.

What's in it

Brown rice40.5%Bulk and fibre with fewer calories per gram than fat, and the bran and germ kept.
Chicken: dried chicken, chicken gravy, chicken fat34% (29%, 3%, 2%)Almost all of the meat that counts is dried. Holding the fat to 2% is what brings the analysis down.
Oats, beet pulpFibre, which slows a meal and keeps a hungry dog fed for longer.
Salmon oil
Minerals
Brewer's yeastB vitamins.
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane355 mg/kg eachThe joint set, both dosed.
Mannanoligosaccharides, fructooligosaccharides315 mg/kg eachTwo prebiotics.
Chondroitin sulphate250 mg/kg
Yucca extract, seaweed oil extract, beta glucans, nucleotidesYucca is there for the other end of the dog.

L-carnitine for fat metabolism and methionine, with zinc, iron and copper partly as chelates and a live Enterococcus faecium culture.

Named ingredients

Brown Rice 40.5%, Chicken 34% (including Dried Chicken 29%, Chicken Gravy 3% and Chicken Fat 2%), Oats, Beet Pulp, Salmon Oil, Minerals, Brewer's Yeast, Glucosamine 355 mg/kg, Methylsulfonylmethane 355 mg/kg, Mannanoligosaccharides 315 mg/kg, Fructooliogosaccharides 315 mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 250 mg/kg, Yucca Schigidera Extract, Seaweed Oil Extract, Beta Glucans, Nucleotides.

Against the range

One chicken and brown rice recipe with the fat taken down. Brown rice at 40.5% leads, chicken at 34% follows, most of it dried, and chicken fat is held to 2%. Oats and beet pulp lift the fibre, salmon oil is on the list, and every joint and gut supplement carries a dose.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

339.5 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

4.9%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

49.9%

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

31%

Added water

Carbs

59.2%

Oils

2.4%

Other

4.4%

Pricing & size