Vetspec

VetSpec Omega-3 Joint Mobility Formula review

Name: VetSpec Omega-3 Joint Mobility Formula
Brand: Vetspec

67.3/100Good

DryAdult

VetSpec's standard chicken kibble, pointed at stiffening joints, in our Good band. The mobility case is glucosamine at 0.5%, chondroitin sulphate at 0.06% and omega 3 from a plant and a marine source, all printed. Chicken heads the list twice, fresh and as meal, at 26.0% each.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs slowing down on the way home from the walk
Big, heavy-framed dogs loading their hips and elbows
Owners who would sooner feed the supplement than remember a daily tablet
Working and sporting dogs. Fat converts to 20.7% of dry matter
Chicken-friendly dogs fed without cereal, with potato at 23.9% and peas in place of grain

Worth watching

Fish oil supplies part of the omega 3
Chicken as the meat, the meal, the fat and the gravy
Rich and energy dense, so portions need care on a dog already carrying weight
Joint ingredients are a long game. Give a new bag several weeks

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

How this scores

How we score

67.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The bag's low activity guide gives 130 to 200 grams for an 11kg to 20kg dog, and a stiffer, slower dog usually sits at the lower end.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

VetSpec Omega-3 Joint Mobility Formula 67.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Two chicken entries at the front and a lower carbohydrate estimate than most kibble do most of the work behind the score.

What's in it

Chicken, chicken meat meal26.0% eachFresh for palatability, meal for substance once the water has cooked off
Potato23.9%The main binder; no cereal
Chicken fat6.8%A named animal fat
Peas, whole linseeds4.6% eachLinseed is the plant omega 3, which the dog has to convert first
Sugar beet pulp
Chicken digest as gravy1.5%A palatant for fussier dogs
Fish oil1.2%Long-chain omega 3 directly, and fish in the bowl
Glucosamine HCl, chondroitin sulphate0.5%, 0.06%Cartilage building blocks. The evidence is mixed, so read it as steady support
Calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, DL-methionine
Culinary herbs blend (seaweed, chicory extract, yeast extract, alfalfa, yucca, herbs)0.2% down to 0.08%FOS and MOS prebiotics and iodine hide in here; the herbs are flavour

Copper and zinc each in two forms, one an amino acid chelate the gut takes up more easily, with selenium as selenised yeast, the better of the two permitted forms.

Named ingredients

Chicken (26.0%), Chicken meat meal (26.0%), potato (23.9%), chicken fat (6.8%), peas (4.6%), whole linseeds (4.6%), sugar beet pulp, chicken digest as gravy (1.5%), fish oil (1.2%), glucosamine HCl (0.5%), calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, culinary herbs blend (dried seaweed (0.2%), chicory extract as source of fructo-oligosaccharides (0.08%), yeast extract as source of mannanoligosaccharides (0.08%), alfalfa, yucca extract, rosemary, fennel, basil, thyme, oregano, parsley, aniseed), chondroitin sulphate (0.06%), DL-methionine

Against the range

One adult kibble: the brand's chicken recipe aimed at stiffening joints. Chicken leads twice at equal weight, fresh and as meat meal, with potato and peas doing the binding and no cereal. Glucosamine and chondroitin carry printed percentages, and omega 3 comes from both linseed and fish oil. No moisture is declared, so the dry matter figures rest on the 8% usual for a kibble.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

28.5%

Fat

19%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

31%

Fat

20.7%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

37.4%

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

53.5%

Carbs

31.3%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size