Virbac Hpm Canine Weight Loss Control W2 is a dog food specifically designed to help with weight management. This veterinary food is formulated with high quality, low calorie ingredients to help dogs lose weight in a healthy way. It is an ideal choice for dogs that are overweight or need to maintain a healthy weight.
Veterinary HPM W2 Weight loss & Control is a dietary food, indicated for the reduction of excess body weight <30% and the regulation of glucose intake in Diabetes mellitus, only in case of normal body weight.
Virbac W2 Weight loss & Control has a low carbohydrate diet and is rich in protein, 34% protein, of which 88% is of animal origin.
Veterinary HPM nutrition is for specific use and should be prescribed by your veterinarian.
Benefits
Low energy concentration. The low energy concentration of the diet helps to achieve a gentle weight loss (proven efficacy by Virbac).
Moderate daily ration restriction. Moderate daily food portions facilitate gentle weight loss, which helps to achieve better compliance (proven efficacy of Virbac).
Improved lean mass to fat mass ratio. The high-protein, low-carbohydrate formulation (RP-BC) helps to maintain lean mass and maintain ideal body composition after weight loss (proven efficacy by Virbac).
High palatability. The richness in animal protein and fat guarantees high palatability.
Regulation of glucose and total sugar intake. The high-protein, low-carbohydrate formulation (RP-BC) with a low starch and sugar content helps to reduce the impact of the meal on blood glucose and insulin levels, and helps to manage patients with diabetes mellitus or insulin resistance.
Other uses
Weight maintenance after weight loss
Fibre-responsive colitis, constipation.
VETERINARY HPM Diets
Dogs and cats are carnivores, whether healthy or sick. VETERINARY HPM TM Prescription Diets, is based on a high protein, low carbohydrate formulation (RP-BC), with over 90% animal protein, nutrition adapted to the needs of the animal.
Product specifications
Composition:
Dehydrated pork and poultry protein, rice,* hydrolysed pork and poultry protein, broad bean pods, lignocellulose, animal fats, peas,* potato starch,* linseed, minerals, beet pulp, brewer's yeast, psyllium fibre (Plantago (L.) spp.), fructo-oligosaccharides, hydrolysed crustaceans (source of chitosan), Lactobacillus acidophilus, chondroitin sulphate.
* Carbohydrate sources
Veterinary HPM™ contains no artificial flavours or colours.
Analytical constituents:
(% as feed): Moisture 9%, protein 34%, animal/vegetable protein ratio 88/12, crude fat 13%, minerals 7.5%, crude fibre 9%, ELN*: 27.5%, total dietary fibre 15.5%, starch: 18%, total sugars 1%, calcium: 1.3%, phosphorus: 1.1%, sodium: 0.4%, omega-6 fatty acids: 2.2%, omega-3 fatty acids: 0.9%.
Calculated ME** (kcal/100g)*** 324 * Nitrogen free extract. ** Metabolisable energy. *** Calculated using NRC 2006.