Iams and grain-free food
Our Iams shelf is built around their standard grain-inclusive recipes, covering dog and cat food across puppy, kitten, adult and senior life stages, rather than a dedicated grain-free line. If avoiding grain specifically is what brought you here, it is worth knowing that upfront before looking at what we do stock from the brand.
What Iams actually makes
Iams has built its reputation on widely available, grain-inclusive dry and wet recipes across the full range of life stages — puppy and kitten formulas, adult maintenance recipes, senior food, and some more specific options like light-in-fat and sensitive digestion recipes for cats. Grain, typically corn or rice, is a standard part of most of the range's formulation rather than something the brand has moved away from.
That puts Iams in a different lane from brands built specifically around a grain-free positioning, and it is worth knowing that distinction rather than assuming every major pet food brand offers a grain-free version somewhere in its range.
If grain-free specifically matters to you
Whether a dog or cat needs to avoid grain at all is worth checking with a vet rather than assuming — true grain allergies are less common than marketing around grain-free food sometimes implies, and most dogs and cats digest grain-inclusive food perfectly well.
If your vet has recommended avoiding grain, or you have your own reasons for wanting to, our grain-free dog food range covers other brands built specifically around that formulation, and is a more direct route to what you are looking for than searching within the Iams range.
For this need
Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.
Forthglade Cold Pressed Natural Turkey
Cold-pressed turkey kibble for dogs from 2 months, soft enough to mix with water for young pups
£45.99
Forthglade Cold Pressed Grain Free Salmon
Cold-pressed grain-free dry food for dogs, built on fresh and dried salmon
From£16.99
Forthglade Cold Pressed Grain Free Duck
Cold-pressed grain-free duck food with fruit and botanicals, in two bag sizes
From£16.99
Forthglade Cold Pressed Grain Free Chicken
Cold-pressed grain-free chicken food with fruit and botanicals, in three bag sizes
From£16.99
Forthglade Complete Meal Lightly Baked Turkey
A lightly baked complete dry food, 50% turkey, for adult dogs of any breed
From£12.49
Forthglade Complete Meal Lightly Baked Chicken
A grain-free complete dry food for adult dogs, lightly baked and built on 50% chicken
From£12.49
Forthglade Cold Pressed Small Dog Turkey
Cold-pressed grain-free dry food for small dogs and puppies, built on turkey
£16.99
Forthglade Complete Meal Lightly Baked Lamb
A lightly baked complete dry food, 50% lamb, for adult dogs of any breed
From£12.49
Forthglade Cold Pressed Grain Free Turkey
Grain-free cold-pressed turkey kibble for dogs, gentle on sensitive stomachs
£69.69
Harringtons Puppy Turkey & Rice
Complete turkey puppy food with 30% protein and feeding bands by adult weight
£6.49
Harringtons Adult Dog Turkey Veg
Complete dry food for adult dogs with turkey, chicken and salmon oil, 21% protein
From£3.39
Harringtons Adult Dog Salmon & Potato
Complete salmon and potato dry dog food with 21% protein in a 1.7KG bag
£6.25
Common questions
- Does Iams make any grain-free products?
- Not within what we currently stock — our Iams range is built around their standard grain-inclusive recipes across dog and cat life stages. If grain-free matters to you specifically, our wider grain-free dog food range covers other brands built around that formulation.
- Is grain bad for dogs or cats?
- Not for most. Genuine grain allergies exist but are less common than general marketing around grain-free food sometimes suggests, and most dogs and cats digest grain-inclusive recipes perfectly well. If you suspect a specific sensitivity, a vet is better placed to advise than guessing.
- What life stages does the Iams range we stock cover?
- Our Iams shelf spans puppy and kitten formulas through to adult and senior recipes, along with some more specific options like light-in-fat and sensitive digestion cat food, all built on their standard grain-inclusive formulation.
- Why do some brands avoid grain and others don't?
- It largely comes down to brand positioning and formulation philosophy rather than one approach being universally correct. Both grain-inclusive and grain-free recipes can be nutritionally complete when properly formulated, and the right choice depends on your individual pet rather than the presence or absence of grain alone.
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Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.