A dried food question

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Sorry for another thread about dried food! :/

When Harvey arrived with us, he was on whatever supermarket dried food was on offer. We gradually swapped him to Millie's but it didn't suit him (made him itchy mostly). We replaced Millie's with Wafcol, recommended by our vet friend (one of her dogs is fed on it and he can be a bit sensitive) and he is happy on it.

This is what he's currently on: https://www.wafcol.co.uk/our-range/adult/wafcol-adult-salmon-potato-large-giant-breeds/

I buy a bag for £36.99 (although I think it "should" be about £41-43).

We have a local pet shop who makes their own food that's very similar - they do a "normal" and a grain free.

Normal: https://discountpetsupplies.co.uk/pet-supplies-glasgow/healthy-dog-food?product_id=59

Grain free: https://discountpetsupplies.co.uk/p...acks-mix-super-premium-pet-food?product_id=80

I've done a rough spreadsheet comparing ingredients, nutritional info and price. They all seems relatively similar but I have a feeling 1% is more significant than it looks on paper. Price per 12kg is £37 for Wafcol, £33.60 for Mack's and £48.49 for Mack's grain free. I can't find the recommended daily feeding for Mack's but it would be roundabout what he's currently on, I think (a bag of Wafcol lasts a month).

If he wasn't already on Wafcol, I'd definitely try him on the normal mix but I do think the grain free is pricey compared to other branded/more widely available options.

I think my questions are: Why is grain free so popular? What difference does it actually make?

I'm not necessarily looking to change him over to it, I'm just curious because 1) I've not looked into food much because Wafcol seems fine and 2) in a way, it would be nice to support a local business but obviously, that is not the no. 1 reason to change food!

Any thoughts in response to this late night ramble would be appreciated!
 
We have 3 on this with good results. Its a white bag food that pet shops can brand as their own, made by golden acres (who make lots of the big brands) if you go to other shops or online just look for the bags with pawprints on. We feed the salmon and potato and a 15kg bag lasts 3 collies about 4 weeks for us. Never looked into the grain free as I've never had a dog with an issue, but i think it can help dogs with skin problems. Not really answering your question but if you ever fancy a change from wafcol its worth a try.
 
Except for particular dogs with specific problems, there is no reason to feed dogs a grain-free diet. There are some ingredients in grain-free which commonly cause digestive problems, too - beet is one of those.
 
I don't like beet but looking at the two mack's food I prefer the one with grain as the other one has up to 26% peas, which have been implicated in heart disease.
How did we cope in the old days when they ate tiunned meat and meal!?
 
Thanks all for humouring my late night thoughts!

I hadn't heard about the peas thing...

One thing that I have heard is that a single protein is better, is there any truth in that? Millie's was a combination of different ones but maybe that's coincidence.

I definitely don't want to fix what's not broken so he can stay on Wafcol for now. It's nice to know we have an option though. I was more just curious and thinking!
 
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