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Alternatives to a Raw Diet - UK

  • Jan 29, 2025
  • 2 min read

Updated: Nov 18, 2025

I often get asked what the next best thing to feeding a raw diet is; this is a difficult question answer as raw feeding has health benefits like no other, but if you cannot raw feed I always recommend feeding a balanced lightly cooked diet whether that is pre made or home cooked. Feeding real fresh food will always be the best for your dogs' health and wellbeing whether it is raw or lightly cooked. So what if neither of these options are currently possible? What are the alternatives?


FREEZE DRIED / AIR-DRIED RAW

Freeze dried / air-dried raw food is a great alternative to fresh raw or lightly cooked, it is basically raw food with the moisture taken out so keeping intact most of the valuable nutrients. Here are some brands to look at


•Ziwi Peaks

•Rocketo

•Natures variety

•Innocent Hound

•McAdams

•Coya

•Dolina Noteci

•James & Ella

•Pala

•Dr Veneta

•Scrumpf

•Zenoo available in; U.K., USA, Europe, & Poland.


GENTLY COOKED FOOD

Commercial pre-made cooked diets:

•Poppy’s Picnic Mighty Mince (cookable raw)

•Poppy’s Picnic Powerballs (cookable raw)

•Different dog (Frozen cooked)

•Boost Pets (frozen cooked)

•BarkinBISTRO (frozen cooked)

•Nutriment Cooked (shelf stable gently steamed).


Home-cooked recipes to follow:

•Alison Daniel has some recipes - https://www.mypetnutritionist.com/recipes

•Dr Karen Becker’s recipes here - https://fb.watch/be12Dh5Tjr/

•Dogs naturally magazine recipes - https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/homemade-cooked.../?


QUALITY WET FOOD

To produce wet food the ingredients are mixed together and cooked, once the ingredients are pressure sealed into the tin it goes through another heating process to sterilise the food, so it’s been through two lots of high heat processing which will effect the nutrients inside. The goo thing about wet food is it has the same moisture content as a dogs natural diet. If you are looking for a wet food always look for at least 60% meat ideally 80%.


Here are some options to consider:

•Akela �

•Rockster

•Celtic Connection

•Eden �

•Happy Dog - pure

•Naturavetal - completes

•Naturavetal - 100% meat rolls/pots�

•Animonda GranCarno - superfoods� •Animonda GranCarno - original �

•Rocco - classic�

•Belcando - single protein � �

•Riverwood - mono

•Nuevo - sensitive �

•Wellness Core 95% �

•Aniforte

•Carnilove

•Fleischeslust Steakhouse - pure �

•Wolf of Wilderness�

•Gentle Dog Food - paté

•Essential Foods - paté

•Miraculous Meals


� Contains carrageenan

� Undisclosed gelling agent

� Complementary food


For information on the warnings of carrageenan please take a look at these articles:


As recipes can change over time, please double check ingredients before purchasing, and contact the supplier or manufacturer if you have any concerns or questions.


Karla Pearson NO BULL just natural health for dogs

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