Vetspec

VetSpec Working Dog Food Adult review

Name: VetSpec Working Dog Food Adult
Brand: Vetspec

65.7/100Good

DryAdult

A plain working-dog kibble for dogs that burn everything they eat. Chicken meat meal heads the list at 28.0%, and the starch is split evenly between brown and white rice. It finishes in our Good band without needing to be fancy about it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working dogs and busy gundogs that empty the bowl and ask for more
Several dogs fed from one bag; it comes as a single 15kg sack
Dogs that do better with cereal, as rice and whole oats share the starch
Hard-used joints: glucosamine at 0.25% and chondroitin sulphate at 0.03%
Chicken eaters, with no other meat on the list

Worth watching

A fair amount of starch, which suits a busy dog more than one that mostly rests
Fish oil is on the list, so the bowl is not fish free
The joint doses are small, a daily maintenance touch for joints that are not yet sore

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

How this scores

How we score

65.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A dog with a quieter routine needs smaller portions, and the calorie figure is our estimate, so watch condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

VetSpec Working Dog Food Adult 65.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A plain working recipe that reaches the shelf's middle band on its meat meal and an open label, with the rice and oats holding it there.

What's in it

Chicken meat meal28.0%Dried before weighing, so the figure survives into the kibble largely intact.
Brown rice, white rice16.4% eachBrown keeps its bran; white is quicker to digest.
Fresh chicken9.2%Shrinks a good deal in the oven.
Peas6.0%
Sugar beet pulp, whole oatsThe beet pulp supplies the fibre.
Chicken fat5.0%Names its animal.
Whole linseeds, fish oilThe omega 3 between them.
Chicken digest as gravy1.8%The palatant, brushed over the kibble.
Glucosamine HCl, chondroitin sulphate0.25%, 0.03%Printed with weights.
Calcium carbonate, salt, culinary herbs blend with FOS and MOS0.08% each prebiotic

Vitamins A, D3 and E with biotin, copper and zinc each given in a chelated form as well, selenium as selenised yeast, and methionine at 132 mg per kilo.

Named ingredients

Chicken meat meal (28.0%), Brown rice (16.4%), White rice (16.4%), Fresh chicken (9.2%), peas (6.0%), sugar beet pulp, whole oats, chicken fat (5.0%),whole linseeds, chicken digest as gravy (1.8%), fish oil, glucosamine HCl (0.25%), calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, culinary herbs blend (dried seaweed, 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 (0.03%)

Against the range

Chicken meat meal at 28.0% leads, with brown and white rice at 16.4% each and whole oats behind them. Chicken is the only meat named, and every trace mineral carries a printed dose.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

350 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

14%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.7%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

42.9%

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

39%

Carbs

51.7%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

6.1%

Other

3.1%

Pricing & size