When Just Be Kind was first launched in January 2020, vegan dog food was available in the UK but not all brands available then were fully complete with the correct addition of Vitamin D3, and extra taurine for heart health. In 2021, the vegan pet food market saw a surge in companies either starting up or importing high quality, balanced and very palatable vegan dog foods in the UK. The foods now available that are taking the vegan dog food market by storm are –
1. SOLO VEGETAL dry and tinned food imported by Vetruus (now Nextmune) as a top choice for dogs with animal protein intolerances SOYA FREE | GRAIN FREE | FULLY HYPOALLERGENIC & BALANCED | HIGHLY PALATABLE
2. GRETA dry food imported from Vegan4Dogs in Germany and sold by Just Be Kind for its top quality SOYA FREE | GRAIN FREE | FULLY HYPOALLERGENIC & BALANCED | HIGHLY PALATABLE
3. GREEN CRUNCH dry food imported from VegDog.de by Just be Kind due to overwhelming demand SOYA FREE | GRAIN FREE | FULLY HYPOALLERGENIC & BALANCED | HIGHLY PALATABLE
4. OMNI dry food received 1.3 million Euro investment in December 2021 for their UK based start-up company BALANCED | HIGHLY PALATABLE | PUPPY VARIETY
5. Very ethical company HOWND produced a balanced dry food as well as 3 varieties of tinned vegan dog food in 2021 SOYA FREE | BALANCED | HIGHLY PALATABLE
6. Vet owned company NOOCHY POOCHY launched in 2021 with a very palatable nutritional yeast-based dry food BALANCED | HIGHLY PALATABLE
7. THE PACK launched 3 flavours of tinned food with a very successful marketing campaign and huge financial backing SOYA FREE | GRAIN FREE | FULLY HYPOALLERGENIC & BALANCED
8. DOGOOD launched the UK’s very first homemade fresh and fully balanced vegan dog food in 2021 SOYA FREE | GRAIN FREE | FULLY HYPOALLERGENIC & BALANCED
9. JUST BE KIND Supplement launched in June 2021 providing owners with an option to homecook safely with vet formulated recipes SOYA FREE | GRAIN FREE | FULLY HYPOALLERGENIC & BALANCED | HIGHLY PALATABLE
10. FLEETFUL Recipe Packs offer the owner the easy option of homecooking using a vet formulated recipe pack SOYA FREE | GRAIN FREE | FULLY HYPOALLERGENIC & BALANCED | HIGHLY PALATABLE
11. LILYS KITCHEN VEGAN STEW The first of the large pet food brands to venture into a vegan range SOYA FREE | GRAIN FREE | HYPOALLERGENIC | NO ADDED TAURINE
The Value of Vet Nurses
Vet Times Vet Nurse calendar features Dogs Go Plant-Based and Just be Kind Vegan Dog Food to start the year!
Legumes NO longer seen as a cause of DCM!
Peas and legumes are now no longer implicated as being a possible cause of DCM in dogs as no further cases are being noticed…vegan dog food is safe and healthy for your dog!
The importance of weight loss for us and our dogs
I have to confess I am lighter than I’ve ever been now that I follow a low FODMAP vegan wholefood diet – hoorah – I am eating exactly the same foods as Ruff!!
