Vegan and vegetarian dry dog food
Dogs are omnivores, which means a well-formulated vegan or vegetarian diet can meet their nutritional needs, unlike a cat, which is an obligate carnivore and cannot be fed this way. The word that matters most on any meat-free dog food is "complete" — it has to supply everything a normal diet would, not just replace the meat.
Why "complete" is the word to check
A complete food is formulated to meet all of a dog's nutritional needs on its own, whereas a treat or a mixer is only ever part of the diet. This distinction matters more with a vegan food than a standard meat-based one, since getting a balanced amino acid and nutrient profile from plant sources takes more careful formulation, and a food that isn't explicitly complete shouldn't be fed as the whole diet.
Reputable meat-free dog foods are formulated specifically to cover this, using a mix of plant proteins rather than assuming vegetables alone will do the job. That's a formulation task worth trusting to a food that states it's complete, rather than trying to build a home-made meat-free diet without professional guidance.
What's currently in this range
Benevo Vegan Original Puppy Food is the vegan option currently in stock, formulated specifically for puppies rather than as a general adult food. That matters if you're considering it — a puppy's nutritional needs, particularly around growth and calcium balance, are different from an adult dog's, so a puppy-formulated food is the right starting point rather than an adult recipe fed early.
If you're looking for a meat-free option for an adult dog specifically, check the formulation and life stage on any food before switching, since a food built for growth isn't automatically right for a fully grown dog and vice versa.
Switching sensibly, especially for a puppy
Any diet change is worth doing gradually, mixing the new food in over a week or two rather than switching in one go, and that applies just as much moving onto a vegan food as moving between two meat-based ones. Watch stool quality and energy levels through the transition.
For a growing puppy on a specialist diet of any kind, checking in with a vet about growth and condition is a sensible routine step, not a sign something's wrong — it's the same care you'd take with any diet that differs from the most common option on the shelf.
In this section
Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.
James Wellbeloved Grain Free Senior Dry Dog Food Turkey & Veg
Grain-free turkey kibble for senior dogs, with glucosamine and chondroitin for joints
£82.35
James Wellbeloved Grain Free Adult Dry Dog Food Turkey Veg
Grain-free turkey kibble for adult dogs, evenly balanced with potato in the mix
From£12.75
James Wellbeloved Grain Free Adult Dry Dog Food Fish Veg
Grain-free fish kibble for adult dogs, with glucosamine and chondroitin included
From£12.75
James Wellbeloved Grain Free Puppy/Junior Dry Dog Food Turkey & Veg
Grain-free turkey and potato kibble for puppies and junior dogs, evenly balanced recipe
£12.75
Harringtons Adult Dog Turkey Veg
Complete dry food for adult dogs with turkey, chicken and salmon oil, 21% protein
From£3.39
Forthglade Complete Adult Dog Grain Free Lamb & Veg — 18 x 395g Trays
Sold as a case: 18 x 395g trays. Forthglade Complete Adult Dog Grain Free Lamb & Veg: complete wet dog food with lamb 75% — 395G
£35.89
Forthglade Complete Adult Dog Grain Free Chicken & Veg — 18 x 395g Trays
Sold as a case: 18 x 395g trays. A 75% chicken complete wet dog food with butternut squash, glucosamine and chondroitin
£35.89
Harringtons Just 6 Dry Dog Food Lamb
Grain-free lamb dry dog food in 2KG and 12KG sizes, with size-specific formulas
From£13.99
Bakers Superfoods Chicken with Vegetables Dry Dog Food
Bakers Chicken with Vegetables dry dog food, 14kg, complete nutrition for adult dogs
£39.15
Bakers Meaty Meals Beef Dry Dog Food
A 2.7kg bag of meaty chunks and crunchy kibble — and it is 4% beef, which is worth knowing
£9.85
Burns Adult/Senior Dog Sensitive Grain Free Turkey & Potato Dry Dog Food
Six-ingredient grain-free dry food for adult and senior dogs, single-source turkey
£15.49
Chappie Dog Complete Dry with Chicken and Wholegrain Cereal
A complete dry dog food with chicken and wholegrain cereal, where chicken is a small named part
£10.75
Common questions
- Can dogs actually be healthy on a vegan diet?
- Yes, in principle, because dogs are omnivores rather than obligate carnivores, but it depends entirely on the food being properly formulated as complete. An improperly balanced meat-free diet can fall short on nutrients a dog needs, so the formulation matters more than the intention.
- Is the vegan food you stock suitable for an adult dog?
- The vegan range currently in stock is formulated for puppies specifically, so check the life-stage labelling before feeding it to an adult dog rather than assuming a puppy formula is interchangeable with an adult one.
- Do I need to add any supplements on a vegan dog food?
- Not if the food is genuinely labelled complete, since that means it's already formulated to meet a dog's full nutritional needs without additions. Adding supplements on top of a complete food is rarely necessary and worth discussing with a vet if you're considering it.
- How do I switch my dog onto a meat-free food?
- Introduce it gradually over seven to ten days, increasing the new food's share each day rather than switching outright, and watch stools and energy through the transition the same way you would with any food change.
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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.