Essence dog food recipes are specifically tailored for dogs with certain sensitivities. Their focus lies on using only top-grade ingredients in carefully tailored recipes tailored specifically for each breed size and life stage.
All their recipes reflect a meat-first philosophy with over 85% animal-derived proteins in each recipe, such as turkey liver. Organ meat ingredients also increase nutrition levels.
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Quality
Essence recipes are designed with only high-grade meats as ingredients – an astounding 85% are animal protein! This ensures your pup receives all the amino acids he or she requires while also mimicking their carnivorous ancestor’s diet.
As part of their healthy food diets, they feed high-quality vegetables and legumes such as red lentils, chickpeas, green lentils and navy beans to their dogs. Legumes contain fiber while having a low glycemic index to keep your canine feeling satiated longer.
All their recipes are created in one of two US-based kitchens and approved for all stages and sizes of dogs by AAFCO.
Some recipes feature limited ingredients, making them suitable for dogs with allergies or sensitivities. Furthermore, these novel proteins such as guinea fowl, goat and duck help prevent food allergies by decreasing the number of commonly allergenic items found in your pet’s diet.
Variety
Essence Pet Foods may offer a smaller range of products than some other brands, but they still provide both dry and canned foods, and have several limited ingredient recipes perfect for dogs with allergies or sensitivities such as turkey liver and quinoa (which provide vital nutrients that other ingredients don’t). They source their foods from one region at a time to ensure the recipe tastes natural as possible.
Essence uses high-quality meat and fish sources in its formulas, consisting of 85% animal protein. This approach more closely approximates ancestral canines’ diet than some carb-heavy products available on the market; no grains, potatoes or legumes that could cause sensitivities are used, making Essence’s foods deliciously clean-tasting for owners who love active pets of all sizes and ages alike!
Price
Essence dog food offers a limited ingredient diet designed to address allergies in its Air & Gamefowl, Ranch & Meadow and Ocean & Freshwater recipes – grain-free with over 85% animal protein ingredients – to combat food sensitivities like chicken, lamb, potato and wheat which may aggravate these sensitivities in dogs with food sensitivities. They make an ideal option for these dogs!
Cats, being obligate carnivores, require high amounts of animal-based proteins in their diets to thrive and the company’s Cat Recipes provide this ideal balance. For instance, the Essence Cat Air & Gamefowl Recipe features Guinea Fowl, Duck and Turkey while Ocean & Freshwater offers salmon herring sardines mackerel as its initial four ingredients.
Recipes also incorporate chia seed oil and pumpkin for extra vitamins and nutrients, with the former providing omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, while pumpkin helps maintain normal digestive health while providing essential fiber to your pet.
Reliability
Though not as well-known, Pet-O is renowned for producing superior pet food products with all-natural ingredients that combine novel proteins for special recipes for both dry kibble and wet dog foods, and boast an average of over 85% animal and fish protein formulas on the market today.
These foods include garbanzo beans, red lentils, quinoa, pumpkin and chia seed oil – but without probiotics as this would adversely impact their shelf life.
All their recipes are tailored to match your canine’s ancestral diet, providing high levels of protein that reflect wild canines’ needs and without potatoes, legumes, alfalfa or sunflower oil – common allergen triggers found in commercial pet food – plus added vitamin and mineral supplements from Europe for easy digestion and maximum nutrition for your pup!
