Virbac HPM Dog W1 Weight Loss & Diabetes

Virbac HPM Dog W1 Weight Loss & Diabetes – For weight loss and diabetes in dogs.

Virbac HPM® Weight Loss & Diabetes is a specialist food developed to help manage obesity and diabetes in dogs. This food has proven benefits that support weight loss and regulate blood sugar levels, while promoting a healthy body weight and muscle mass. With a low calorie content and high quality nutrients, this food is an ideal choice for dogs that need extra help with weight loss or have diabetes.

Key benefits and characteristics

• Low energy density: The diet has a low energy density that contributes to faster weight loss without the dog missing out on essential nutrients. Effect documented by Virbac.
• Joint Support: Contains chondroitin sulfate and chitosan, which provide support for your dog's joints and improve mobility and quality of life.
• Improves muscle tissue/fat tissue ratio: With a Low Carb High Protein (LCHP) composition, the food helps preserve muscle tissue and maintain an ideal body composition, which is essential during weight loss.
• High content of crude fiber for better satiety: High levels of soluble fiber and protein that together help to increase satiety, making the dog feel fuller for longer.
• Low glycemic index and low sugar content: The food has a low glycemic index and minimal starch and sugar, which contributes to better control of blood sugar and insulin levels - perfect for dogs with diabetes or insulin resistance.

Additional benefits

• Fat burning: L-carnitine is included to support fat burning and help preserve muscle tissue during weight loss.
• Enriched with vitamins and trace elements: Contains 15% more vitamins and trace elements than Veterinary HPM Adult Dog, ensuring that the dog receives sufficient nutrients even with limited rations.
• Controlled palatability: The food contains a high level of animal protein and fat that caters to the dog's natural taste preferences, ensuring good acceptance and compliance.
• Suitable for adult and senior dogs: Contains a balanced content of nutrients that covers the daily needs of both adult and senior dogs.

Nutrition for carnivores

Dogs are natural carnivores, regardless of whether they are healthy or sick. That is why VETERINARY HPM® has been developed with an HP-protein, low-carbohydrate (HP-LC) principle. This means a composition with a high proportion of protein (over 90% animal origin) and a low carbohydrate content, which provides perfect nutrition for the dog's specific needs.

• 34% High in protein of which 94% animal protein
• 23% Low in carbohydrates

Composition

Dehydrated pork and poultry protein, potato starch*, crude fiber, hydrolyzed pork and poultry protein, broad bean pods, animal fat, minerals, linseed, beet pulp, psyllium fiber (Plantago (L.) spp.), fructooligosaccharides, brewer's yeast, hydrolyzed crustaceans (source of chitosan), Lactobacillus acidophilus, chondroitin sulfate.