Best dog food

Keep your canine companion healthy and content with the right dog food. We’ve put together our selection of the top choices.

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The best dog food will provide your pooch with a well-balanced diet that’s suitable for their age, activity levels, and state of health. It’s also essential that the food is palatable to your four-legged friend, and dogs can be as picky as owners when it comes to flavour. Check out our selection which includes both wet and dry dog food to suit dogs’ individual preferences and options for pets of different ages.

Best overall

Harringtons Complete Turkey & Veg Dry dog food

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Harringtons Complete Turkey & Veg Dry Dog Food

Bulk bag

Cut down on the number of bags you need to order with this 18 kilogram (kg) bag of complete dog food. It’s suitable for all adult dogs, and all breed types. The food is free of artificial colours and flavours, and there’s no dairy, soya, or added wheat. It does contain yucca extract, which is included to reduce unpleasant odours from flatulence.

Best for variety

Amazon Brand Lifelong Complete food for adult dogs

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Lifelong Complete Food for Adult Dogs

Meat in jelly

With six sachets each of four different flavours, this wet dog food should help keep meals interesting for your canine companion. It contains vitamin D3 for healthy bones and teeth, and vitamin E to assist in maintaining a good immune function. There’s fibre in the form of inulin to support digestibility.  

Best for easy digestion

Alpha Sensitive Complete Dry dog food

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Alpha Sensitive Complete Dry Dog Food

Made with chicken and rice

For a dog that suffers from a sensitive stomach, take a look at this specially formulated food. The main ingredients are cooked to optimise digestion, and it contains prebiotics for digestive health. To keep your pooch’s coat glossy, both fish meal and linseed are included to provide essential oils.

Best for older pets

Lily's Kitchen Senior Recipe Turkey & Trout Complete Dry Dog Food

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Lily's Kitchen Senior Recipe Turkey & Trout Complete Dry Dog Food

Meat and fish

If your canine is eight years old or over, this dog food could be a great choice. It contains joint care supplements to help keep a senior dog active and there are vegetables and herbs along with the protein. Gluten and grain-free, the recipe contains no preservatives or fillers.

Best for fussy canines

Cesar Deliciously Fresh Wet Dog Food

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Cesar Deliciously Fresh Wet Dog Food

Multiple flavours

Try these pouches if your dog is very particular about what’s in the dish. made in a sauce, the food is succulent and there’s a mixture of recipes in the pack. It’s a complete food and can be used on its own, but it’s also suitable as a topper for kibble.

Bottom line

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A complete dog food delivers all the nutrients your best friend requires as well as having a taste he or she enjoys. Harringtons Complete Turkey & Veg Dry Dog Food suits adult dogs of all breeds. It’s free from artificial colours and flavours and comes in a bulk-sized 18kg bag.

To bring variety to your dog’s dinners, opt for Lifelong Complete Food for Adult Dogs. There are four different flavours so you can ring the changes, and the food contains vitamins for healthy bones and teeth, and to help your dog’s immune function. 

Sarah Warwick
Freelance Editor

Sarah is a freelance journalist and editor writing for websites, national newspapers, and magazines. She’s spent most of her journalistic career specialising in homes – long enough to see fridges become smart, decorating fashions embrace both minimalism and maximalism, and interiors that blur the indoor/outdoor link become a must-have. She loves testing the latest home appliances, revealing the trends in furnishings and fittings for every room, and investigating the benefits, costs and practicalities of home improvement. It's no big surprise that she likes to put what she writes about into practice, and is a serial house revamper. For Realhomes.com, Sarah reviews coffee machines and vacuum cleaners, taking them through their paces at home to give us an honest, real life review and comparison of every model.