Hill’s z/d line of nutrition offers clinically tested nutrition specifically designed to cater for dogs with food allergies or sensitivities. It contains few ingredients and single sources of protein for easy digestion; yellow peas may help protect against heart disease while green pea fiber helps promote digestive health.
Powdered cellulose, an indigestible plant fiber made up from byproducts from vegetable processing, should serve as a red flag.
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Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe
This limited-ingredient food is specially formulated for pups with food sensitivities. With real deboned salmon as the first ingredient and easily digestible protein to support energy levels, along with fruit and veggie ingredients that provide vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, this recipe guarantees your dog receives complete nutritional intake – free from corn, wheat, soy, poultry by-product meals and artificial additives – which helps ensure they receive complete care and protection.
Next is enriched white rice, packed with B complex vitamins to aid with digestion. Sweet potato serves as a powerhouse carb source to provide energy-packed energy boost. Finally, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids provide skin health and coat improvement benefits to round off this hypoallergenic dog food formula.
This recipe is perfect for decreasing excessive paw licking and biting by targeting its source: yeast growth on your dog’s paw pads. In addition, this food provides high levels of glucosamine and chondroitin to promote joint health while remaining free from wheat, corn, soy, poultry by-product meals, artificial flavors or preservatives.
Duck & Sweet Potato Recipe
Hill’s Z/D dog food meets expectations associated with “prescription diet”. This recipe starts off with lamb meal as its primary protein source, while also including turkey and duck as lesser sources. Furthermore, to reduce allergic reactions this formula contains limited ingredients – no corn, wheat or soy!
It is grain-free food formulated with sweet potato fiber to provide healthy benefits and no artificial colors or flavors – an added plus for many dogs with skin allergies or sensitive stomachs. Omega-3 fatty acids also contribute to keeping their coat looking radiantly beautiful!
This food is designed for dogs who tend to have food sensitivities, including poodles, shar peis, pit bull terriers and labrador retrievers. Featuring hydrolyzed animal proteins to reduce overactive immune reactions.
Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Recipe
Hill’s nutritionists & veterinarians created z/d dog food as a scientific solution to alleviate allergy and food intolerance symptoms in dogs. With limited ingredients that avoid common triggers like wheat and corn, this hypoallergenic option makes an ideal hypoallergenic solution for sensitive stomachs & skin.
This delicious recipe provides prebiotic fiber to facilitate healthy digestion and a natural source of glucosamine & chondroitin for joint health, plus omega-6 fatty acids to nourish skin & coat health.
This dog food is ideal for picky eaters due to its small kibble size and high-quality ingredients that are easy to digest, including hydrolyzed protein which reduces food allergies. One red flag we noticed was its first ingredient: corn starch is a refined carb that may interfere with absorption of vital nutrients – instead, we suggest choosing recipes which list actual meat as the first ingredient.
z/d Recipe
Hill’s clinical nutritionists developed this food specifically to address your dog’s skin, digestive, and dietary intolerance needs. The venison-based formula is free from wheat gluten, dairy products, beef soya and is hypoallergenic; also packed with prebiotics for improved digestion, joint supplements for stronger bones and essential fatty acids for healthier skin and coat.
Many pet parents report that their dogs with allergies or intolerances to common proteins like chicken, fish and wheat have experienced positive results from following this diet, including decreased gassiness and vomiting episodes as well as healthier skin and coats.
This food features protein from hydrolyzed liver and meat (organ and muscle tissue that has been chemically broken down), but the first ingredient listed is corn starch; some pet owners may be concerned that corn causes allergies in dogs.
