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Virbac Veterinary HPM Adult Sensitive Neutered review

Name: Virbac Veterinary HPM Adult Sensitive Neutered
Brand: Virbac

52.9/100Good

DryAdult

Plain and gentle, for a neutered dog whose digestion needs a quiet life, and in our Good band. Rice comes first, which is the honest headline, yet protein still reads 29% as fed. Yucca extract sets it apart from the rest of the family.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Neutered medium and large dogs with easily upset digestion
A pea-free bag; neither peas nor pea fibre appear
Wind that clears a room. Yucca extract is there for stool odour
Fibre handled by psyllium husk and beet pulp, with no long vegetable tail

Worth watching

Rice leads the list, so starch does more of the work here
Pork and poultry share each protein entry and the bird is unnamed, which an elimination trial cannot use
No ash figure, so no dry matter view

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

How this scores

How we score

52.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for neutered adult dogs of medium and large size. The bag's table puts a 15kg adult on 200 grams a day; let the waistline referee from there.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Virbac Veterinary HPM Adult Sensitive Neutered 52.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Part of its place low in Good is the recipe and part is missing information, and neither changes what it is for.

What's in it

RiceA gentle starch most dogs handle well, and first on the list.
Dehydrated pork and poultry proteinsTwo animals in one entry, the bird unnamed.
Lignocellulose
Poultry fatsSame open label.
Hydrolysed pork and poultry proteins
Minerals, dried sugar beet pulpThe pulp is why sugar shows in the allergen summary. It is fibre, with the sugar gone.
LinseedPlant omega 3.
Fructo-oligosaccharides, psyllium fibreFood for gut bacteria and soluble fibre.
Inactivated brewer's yeast, inactivated Lactobacillus helveticus
Yucca schidigeraFor stool odour, the detail that sets this bag apart.

A long dosed panel: vitamins A, D3 and E, the B vitamins, choline and taurine, then copper, iron, iodine, manganese, selenium and zinc.

Named ingredients

Rice; Dehydrated pork and poultry proteins; Lignocellulose; Poultry Fats; Hydrolysed pork and poultry proteins; Minerals; Dried (sugar) beetpulp; Linseed; Fructo-oligosaccharides; Psylliumfibre (Plantago, (L.) spp.); Inactivated brewer's yeast; Yucca schidigera; Inactivated Lactobacillus helveticus.

Against the range

One neutered-dog kibble with rice ahead of the meat. The protein comes from pork and poultry together, the fibre from psyllium, beet pulp and lignocellulose, and there are no peas anywhere on the list. Ash is not declared, so the analysis stays as fed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

338 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

14%

Fibre

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.9%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

8.2%

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