Lamb built its reputation as the "gentle" protein at a time when most dog food was chicken or beef, and a meat few dogs had eaten regularly was, by definition, less likely to trigger a reaction. Lamb turns up in far more dog food today than it used to, so that reputation is worth checking against what a particular dog has actually already eaten, rather than assumed.

This recipe is built around dried lamb and lamb fat as the only animal ingredients, with brown rice supplying most of the carbohydrate alongside oats, peas and a small amount of seaweed. It's a complete food formulated for adult and senior dogs.

• Complete food for adult and senior dogs, built around a single lamb protein
• Composition: Brown Rice 58%, Dried Lamb 24%, Oats, Lamb Fat, Peas, Seaweed 0.5%, Minerals
• Protein 20%, Fat 9%, Fibre 2.5%, Ash 8%
• Calcium 2%, Phosphorus 1.3%, Sodium 0.36%
• Essential Fatty Acids 3.2%
• 6KG bag

On "hypoallergenic". Burns describe this recipe as hypoallergenic on the basis that lamb is a less commonly-fed protein - but that's less reliably true than it once was, so it's worth checking what a particular dog has already eaten before assuming lamb counts as novel for them. If chicken or beef is the known trigger, this genuinely avoids both; if the dog has already had a lot of lamb, it may not be the fresh start it looks like.

Who it's for: adult and senior dogs where lamb specifically hasn't been a regular part of the diet, and chicken or beef is the suspected or confirmed trigger.