Our Hypoallergenic Wet and Dry dog food has been carefully crafted to help reduce the risk of allergies in dogs and to help relieve the symptoms they can cause.
What is Hypoallergenic dog food?
Hypoallergenic dog food is food that's free of grains, fillers, and ingredients that are common allergens for dogs. It's formulated this way so it's less likely to trigger an allergic reaction in your dog. This doesn't make it a 'cure', or mean that it can't ever trigger a reaction (as it depends on what your dog is actually allergic to), but it does make navigating their diet a little easier and can help alleviate pesky allergy symptoms.
What makes this Pooch & Mutt dog food range hypoallergenic?
Avoiding common allergens, artificial add-ons, and grains, our Hypoallergenic dog food instead focuses on easily digestible ingredients, simple recipes, natural, gut-healthy fruits and veggies, pre and postbiotics, and novel proteins like Turkey, Duck, Salmon, and Herring. Helping sensitive dogs get the complete (and delicious) diet they deserve.
What are common food allergens for dogs?
Dogs can be allergic to anything; it all depends on their immune response. But the most common food allergies in dogs include:
Beef
Chicken
Dairy like milk, yoghurt, and cheese
Wheat, Maize, and other grains
Eggs
Soy
When exploring the 1 in 3 dogs with reported allergies in our Gut Health Test database*, 71% were allergic to Chicken, 33% were allergic to Wheat, and 27% were allergic to Beef, making them the most common.
Signs your dog needs hypoallergenic food
Hypoallergenic food may be ideal for your dog if they show signs of allergies. Signs might look like:
Dry, flaky, inflamed, itchy skin
Dry and dull coat which may be thinning
Digestive upset like runny poos
Recurring ear infections
Constant paw licking
Even a reluctance to eat
If your dog has these symptoms without an underlying health condition and no signs of improvement, they may have a food allergy and could benefit from a hypoallergenic diet. To identify an allergy, it's best to get them booked in at the vet.
Food intolerance or Food allergy: What's the difference?
Food allergies and food intolerances in dogs can look very similar and present very similar symptoms. But intolerances and allergies are different, especially when you look at what's happening on the inside.
Allergies are an immune response. Their body mistakes the otherwise harmless ingredient as a danger. So, their body attacks this supposed toxic intruder, which can cause symptoms like itching and digestive upset.
Intolerances are related to the digestive system. This is where your dog struggles to digest certain ingredients, usually because they lack the enzymes to do so. Take 'lactose intolerance,' for example. This often leads to digestive upset, sensitivity, and inflammation, which can also spread to the rest of the body.
How are allergies diagnosed in dogs?
Resident vet Dr Linda Simon advises that it's always good to check in with your vet if you suspect your dog has an allergy. She states that whilst allergy tests are widely available, they can be expensive and not 100% reliable. Your vet, however, will be able to conduct skin prick testing, and blood tests can be carried out for a wide variety of different foods. Vets can assesses the results and align it with your dog’s medical and dietary history to see which foods may be the trigger.
*Dr Bushra Abu-Helil - Pooch & Mutt Gut Health Database, Analysed by Biome9, Internal Evidence Bank
