We applaud all the new companies looking at alternative protein sources to feed our production animals and our pets. We have chosen not to include insect-based dog food diets in our list of foods that we recommend for dogs, purely on the basis that they have been shown to not be hypoallergenic compared to plant-based dog food diets.
Dogs with the most common allergen that we see – an allergy to house dust mites, have shown to react to the chitin in dog food that uses insect-based foods.
Another addition that is included in insect-based diets, is chondroitin, as shown with the ingredient list here of Yora dog food –
40% Insect (Insect Meal 26.2%, Freshly Prepared Insect 8.3%, Insect Oil 5.5%), Oats (19%), Potato (19%), Maize, Peas, Brewer’s Yeast, Seaweed (2%), Linseed, Tomato Pomace, Minerals, Vitamins, Beetroot (0.5%), Chicory Pulp, Pumpkin, Carrot, Glucosamine (575mg/kg), Chondroitin (575mg/kg), Kale, Parsley.
Chondroitin is made from avian cartilage primarily which would immediately result in dogs with chicken intolerances having a reaction when fed Yora insect food due to the presence of chicken protein in the insect-based food. If fed a true hypoallergenic plant-based diet, these concerns are removed.
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