When it comes to your pooch and their specific needs, how do you know which dog food is best? We get it – there are so many brands to compare, and it can be confusing knowing what to look for when it comes to ingredients. The pressure is even higher if your dog has a sensitive tummy or food allergy, or if they’re a puppy or senior.
To save you the hard work, we’ve compared brands for you – and laid out the most important comparative factors when it comes to choosing food for your dog. With the help of our resident expert, Vet Linda, we picked a top-selling dog food brand for each food type – wet food, dry food, hypoallergenic food, and more – and analysed its nutritional information against a comparative product from our tasty Pooch & Mutt range.
Read on to discover our findings and see what Vet Linda had to say about what’s most important when considering your dog’s food.
Best dry dog food
First up is Pedigree, one of the original and most well-known commercial dog food brands in the UK. We compared its dry dog food, Dry Vital, with Pooch & Mutt Complete Superfood.
An important thing to remember is that dogs require high quality protein for muscle repair, as well as a healthy coat and skin. For that reason, the best food would have a whole meat or fish as the first listed ingredient as a hallmark of a quality food.
- Pedigree lists cereal as its first ingredient, compared to Pooch & Mutt’s Complete Superfood which lists chicken.
Next we compared meat percentage, as another hallmark of a high quality pet food is having a higher whole meat content.
