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Weight Loss & Control (W2)
INDICATIONS:
- Overweight (<30%) & Diabetes
- Reduction of excessive body weight.
- Regulation of glucose supply (diabetes mellitus). Only in case of normal body weight.
OTHER USES:
- Fibre-responsive colitis.
- Constipation.
KEY BENEFITS AND CHARACTERISTICS
- Low energy density
- Moderate restriction of daily ration
- Improves lean mass/ fat mass ratio
- High palatability
- Low glycaemic index and total sugar
Composition:
Dehydrated pork and poultry proteins, potato starch*, hydrolysed pork and poultry proteins, peas*, faba bean hulls, animal fats, lignocellulose, minerals, rice*, linseed, beet pulp, brewers yeast, psyllium fibre (Plantago(L.) spp.), fructo-oligosaccharides, hydrolysed crustacean (source of chitosan), chondroitin sulphate, Lactobacillus acidophilus.
SPECIFIC INGREDIENTS / ADDITIVES:
Bentonite 0.5%
Lactobacillus 7 mg/kg
Chitosan 800 mg/kg
L-carnitine 540 mg/kg
Chondroitin sulphate 215 mg/kg
Nutritional Analysis:
| Moisture |
5.5% |
| Protein |
44% (90% of animal origin) |
| Fat |
13% |
| Ash |
8.5% |
| Crude Fibre |
9% |
| Total Dietary Fibre |
13.5% |
| Nitrogen Free Extract (NFE) |
20 % |
| Starch |
13.5% |
| Total Sugars |
1.4% |
| Calcium |
1% |
| Total Sugars |
0.9% |
| Phosphorus 1.1% |
|
| Omega-6 Fatty Acids |
2.2% |
| Omega-3 Fatty Acids |
0.8% |
| Metabolisable Energy (modified Atwater factors) |
378 kcal/100g |
| Metabolisable Energy (NRC 2006) |
357 kcal/100g |
| Protein digestibility (in vivo) |
85.5% |
| Fat digestibility (in vivo) |
94% |
| Protein to calorie ratio |
123 g/Mcal |



