What dog food is grain free

Grain-free diets are the fastest growing area of the animal feed industry. This is in some ways characterized by a similar pattern in the human food industry due to concerns about celiac disease. Celiac disease is sporadic in dogs. This makes the switch to grain-free dog food not- crucial to some dog owners. However, for some, they want a grain free dog food.

So what dog food is grain free?

A grain-free food implies food with no gluten. Let me expound on this. 

What is Gluten?

Gluten is a protein present in grains such as wheat, rice,  oats, and many more. Gluten provides the quality that makes the dough rise and allows bread and pasta to retain their shape. It also gives these foods the "tough" quality. 

It is generally assumed that many dogs are hypersensitive to gluten and you need to switch from grains to grain free dog foods.

Why change?

The evidence does not suggest that grains are bad for all dogs and grain free is better. By limiting carbohydrate,   dieting proves to be senselessly prohibitive. Commercial grain-free diets are generally much more expensive than those containing grains, so meaningless changes increase the cost of dog food. Grain-free dog food depends on carbohydrate sources that are high in fiber and increases the stool production of dogs that support these diets.

Final Verdict

So how do you know if your dog needs grain-free food? It is not difficult to test whether you feed your pet a grain-free diet or not. Add some wheat bread or pasta to your dog for a few days and evaluate the stool quality. If there are no changes in the stool, your dog is neither sensitive to gluten nor grain. It does not need a gluten-free or grain-free diet.