World’s 5 Healthiest Dog Foods ? Our Top List 2023

QUALITY CRITERIA

1. Degree of Certified Organic (%): 100% certified, 95%, 70%, or <70%. Some consideration is also taken to type of organic certification. For example: Swedish organic (KRAV) > EU organic > USDA organic. 

2. Human Grade Ingredients: All ingredients are human grade. 

3. Human Grade Supplements: All supplements are human grade. 

4. Human Grade Manufacturing: Human food standard manufacturing. 

5. Meats from Humanely Raised Animals: Certification that the meat animals are “humanely raised”. 

6. Disclosure of country of origin of all ingredients and supplements: Letters of confirmation sent and verified. 

7. Manual confirmation on criteria 1-6: Manufacturer manually (email) provided certification on all quality criteria 1-6. 

8. Ingredient types: Are the ingredient types protein based? Are they ideal for dogs and other carnivores? (Example: Hidden sugars and other unhealthy or unnecessary ingredients mean instant disqualification.) 

9. Number of ingredients: Generally, fewer ingredients normally means higher quality. (There are exceptions to this, and I carefully consider those exceptions.)

10. Regulations: Different countries have different legislations, law enforcements, food processing procedures, levels of corruption and lobbying, and organic certification procedures. Consideration is taken to these variables, even though they sometimes lack clear definitions. 

11. Reviews: On-line feedback and reviews from earlier customers (number of reviews and average review score). Checking that the reviews seem authentic. 

12. Other: Vague claims or specifications normally mean instant disqualification from the list.