Virbac

Virbac Veterinary HPM Adult Neutered Dog Large & Medium review

Name: Virbac Veterinary HPM Adult Neutered Dog Large & Medium
Brand: Virbac

68.9/100Good

DryAdult

A high-protein, low-starch kibble drawn up around the change that follows neutering. It sits in our Good band. Carbohydrate lands at 27.5% of dry matter, and a deliberate stack of fibres lets a smaller ration feel like a full meal. Pork leads, which few British bowls see.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Neutered medium and large dogs whose appetite outlasted their energy needs
A decent-sized dinner, with crude fibre at 10.5% doing the filling and fat held to 14%
Dogs that thrive on a meatier plate
Every added vitamin and trace mineral dosed in print, taurine at 1500 mg/kg included

Worth watching

Pork and poultry share one entry, so no single species for an elimination trial
Poultry fats give the family and not the bird
Rice on the list, for a household settled on grain free

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

How this scores

How we score

68.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for neutered adults of medium and large breeds. It is a lean ration by design, so start from the label and let the waistline decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Virbac Veterinary HPM Adult Neutered Dog Large & Medium 68.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

High protein and an unusually light starch load push it up; two species under one name and a fibre share from purified powder pull it back.

What's in it

Dehydrated pork and poultry proteinsWeighed dry, so the printed protein survives into the bowl. Two species in one entry.
RiceThe one cereal and the one real starch.
LignocellulosePurified plant fibre: bulk with hardly any energy.
Hydrolysed pork and poultry proteinsKeeps the kibble tasting worth finishing.
Peas, pea fibre
Poultry fatsChicken, turkey, duck or goose, never saying which.
LinseedPlant omega 3.
Minerals
Dried (sugar) beet pulp, fructo-oligosaccharides, psyllium fibreThe sugar has gone from the beet pulp; fibre is what is left.
Inactivated brewer's yeast, inactivated Lactobacillus helveticusB vitamins and a heat-treated gut entry.

A full panel of vitamins A, D3, E and the B group, eight trace minerals, plus taurine at 1500 mg/kg and choline at 3000 mg/kg, neither required in a dry food.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated pork and poultry proteins; Rice; Lignocellulose; Hydrolysed pork and poultry proteins; Peas; Poultry Fats; Pea fiber; Linseed; Minerals; Dried (sugar) beet pulp; Fructo-oligosaccharides; Psyllium fibre (Plantago (L.) spp.); Inactivated brewer's yeast; Inactivated Lactobacillus helveticus.

Against the range

One kibble for neutered medium and large adults. Dehydrated pork and poultry proteins lead, rice is the only cereal, and a stack of fibres from lignocellulose to psyllium gives bulk without much energy. Pork and poultry share one entry twice, and the poultry fats name no bird. Every vitamin and trace mineral is dosed, with taurine and choline added.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

315 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

14%

Fibre

10.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

37.4%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

11.5%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

27.5%

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.

Oils

100%

Pricing & size