Why we made a supplement

As a vet and owner of our own family dog, getting it wrong with turning him onto a 100% plant-based diet was not an option. Only once I felt that I had it 100% right for him, did I feel that I could offer my advice to you the owner as I know just how important it is.

We are a family of vets and professional medical ‘children’ so getting it wrong wasn’t an option as we are all scientists. We turned to science and made up a batch of his favourite homemade recipe – Feed the Rainbow and we sent it off to a laboratory for a full analysis (at a cost of £2400 for the one recipe!) in February 2021.

We thought it was nutritionally complete made with brown rice, oats, beans, soaked and cooked red lentils, peas, sweet potato, Algae oil capsules, sesame oil, kale and mushrooms…..but the results we received from our pet nutritionist who analysed the results for us were astounding as so many nutrients were lacking or very low as shown below.

Knowing that we had certain FEDIAF guidelines to adhere to as dogs have certain requirements that must be met; we enlisted professional help from a top nutritionist working with animal feed supplements to produce our JUST BE KIND Supplement.

Vegan dog Frank the Golden Retriever and his homemade food with JUST BE KIND Supplement in his mouth

Adult Dog FEDIAF nutritional recommendations (2020 and subsequent EU regulatory updates where appropriate)
Based on Adult MER of 95kcal/kg 0.75
		Minimum	Maximum	Moisture (%) =	71.9	Product test result
	Unit	Unit per 100g DM		Unit per 100g as fed at above Moisture	Unit per kg as fed	Unit per 100g as fed	Unit per 100g DM
Protein	g	21		5.901	59.01	4.95	17.615658362989	Low
Arginine	g	0.6		0.1686	1.686	0.38	1.3523131672598	OK
Histidine	g	0.27		0.07587	0.7587	0.14	0.4982206405694	OK
Isoleucine	g	0.53		0.14893	1.4893	0.17	0.60498220640569	OK
Leucine	g	0.95		0.26695	2.6695	0.36	1.2811387900356	OK
Lysine	g	0.46		0.12926	1.2926	0.33	1.1743772241993	OK
Methionine	g	0.46		0.12926	1.2926	0.06	0.2135231316726	Low
Methinoine+Cysteine	g	0.88		0.24728	2.4728	0.11	0.3914590747331	Low
Phenyalanine	g	0.63		0.17703	1.7703	0.27	0.96085409252669	OK
Phenyalanine+tyrosine	g	1.03		0.28943	2.8943	0.44	1.5658362989324	OK
Threonine	g	0.6		0.1686	1.686	0.2	0.71174377224199	OK
Tryptophan	g	0.2		0.0562	0.562	Not reported	#VALUE!
Valine	g	0.68		0.19108	1.9108	Not reported	#VALUE!
Fat	g	5.5		1.5455	15.455	4	14.23487544484	OK
Linoleic acid	g	1.53		0.42993	4.2993	1.1388	4.0526690391459	OK
Calcium	g	0.58	2.5 (N)	0.16298	1.6298	0.0442	0.15729537366548	Low
Phosphorus	g	0.46		0.12926	1.2926	0.0925	0.32918149466192	Low
Ca/P ratio	g	1/1	2/1 (N)	-	-		0.47783783783784	Low
Potassium	g	0.58		0.16298	1.6298	0.183	0.65124555160142	OK
Sodium	g	0.12		0.03372	0.3372	0.00489	0.017402135231317	Low
Chloride	g	0.17		0.04777	0.4777	0.03	0.1067615658363	Low
Magnesium	g	0.08		0.02248	0.2248	0.028	0.099644128113879	Marginal low
Copper	mg	0.83	2.8	0.23323	2.3323	0.18	0.64056939501779	Low
Iodine	mg	0.12	1.1	0.03372	0.3372	Below limit of detection	#VALUE!
Iron	mg	4.17	68.18	1.17177	11.7177	1.32	4.6975088967972	Marginal low
Manganese	mg	0.67	17	0.18827	1.8827	0.52	1.8505338078292	OK
Selenium (wet diets)	ug	27	56.8	7.587	75.87	Below limit of detection	#VALUE!
Selenium (dry diets)	ug	22	56.8	#VALUE!	#VALUE!	NA	#VALUE!
Zinc	mg	8.34	22.7	2.34354	23.4354	0.696	2.4768683274021	Low
Vit A	IU	702	40000 (N)	197.262	1972.62	Below limit of detection	#VALUE!
Vit E	IU	4.17		1.17177	11.7177	2.65	9.4306049822064	OK
Thiamine	mg	0.25		0.07025	0.7025	0.076	0.27046263345196	Marginal low
Riboflavin	mg	0.69		0.19389	1.9389	0.041	0.14590747330961	Low
Pyridoxine	mg	0.17		0.04777	0.4777	0.068	0.24199288256228	Marginal low
Niacin	mg	1.89		0.53109	5.3109	0.485	1.7259786476868	Low
Folic acid	ug	29.9		8.4019	84.019	Below limit of detection	#VALUE!
Choline	mg	189		53.109	531.09	29.9	106.40569395018	Low
Vit K	ug	-		-	-	0.013	0.04626334519573

Legal or nutritional maxima

Our top nutritionist was able to advise on the most palatable additions to add that ensured that our dogs would not only benefit from the supplement, but also really enjoy it and therefore love their food!

He has also been able to add in valuable pre and probiotics to support a healthy gut microbiome and ensure optimal health for your plant-based dog just as we want for our own Ruff.

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