Virbac

Virbac Veterinary HPM Senior Small & Toy review

Name: Virbac Veterinary HPM Senior Small & Toy
Brand: Virbac

67/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A small-kibble senior recipe that keeps its meat content up instead of quietly thinning it out, settling in our Good band. Carbohydrate converts to 31.9% of dry matter, well under the 46.2% a typical adult dry food carries. Fish oil, egg membrane and fermented hyaluronic acid round off a list written with an older little dog in mind.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and toy seniors still holding their weight without help
Joint support built into the recipe, with hyaluronic acid and egg membrane both named
Older little dogs with dry coats. Fish oil and linseed both supply omega 3
A senior food with proper protein behind it, declared at 32%
An older dog who is still busy, at 14% fat

Worth watching

Fish oil and egg membrane, so not for a dog kept off either
Pork declared with poultry throughout, and the bird never named

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

How this scores

How we score

67/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult and senior dogs. Feed from the label's own table, which asks 115 grams a day at 5kg and 180 grams at 10kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Virbac Veterinary HPM Senior Small & Toy 67.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Untrimmed protein, a light starch load and a fully dosed panel work for it, while the shared meat names and a fibre figure built partly on purified powder work against.

What's in it

Dehydrated pork and poultry proteinsWeighed with the water out, so the headline survives into the kibble. The bird is not named.
RiceThe only cereal.
LignocellulosePurified fibre powder, part of what builds the fibre figure.
Hydrolysed pork and poultry proteins, poultry fatsThe hydrolysed protein is there for palatability.
Peas, pea fibre
Minerals, linseed, fish oilPlant and marine omega 3 for coat and condition.
Dried (sugar) beet pulpFibre left after sugar extraction. Nothing here is sweetened.
FOS, psyllium fibre, inactivated brewer's yeast
Seaweed mealIodine and trace minerals.
Egg membrane, fermented hyaluronic acid, inactivated Lactobacillus helveticusThe senior thinking. No percentages, so support, not a measured dose.

A fully dosed vitamin and mineral panel, with taurine at 1500 mg/kg and choline at 3000 mg/kg.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated pork and poultry proteins; Rice; Lignocellulose; Hydrolysed pork and poultry proteins; Poultry Fats; Peas; Pea fiber, Minerals; Linseed; Fish oil; Dried (sugar) beet pulp; Fructo-oligosaccharides; Psyllium fibre (Plantago (L.) spp.); Inactivated brewer's yeast; Seaweed meal(Ascophyllum nodosum); Egg membrane; hyaluronic acid from fermentation; Inactivated Lactobacillus helveticus.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

327 kcal/100g

Protein

32%

Fat

14%

Fibre

9.5%

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

35.2%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

10.4%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

31.9%

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.

Oils

100%

Pricing & size