Best Dry “Grain Free” Dog Foods

I HIGHLY recommend feeding your dog and even your cats a Grain Free food.

In the wild your dog or cat’s diet would consist of primarily meat based proteins, and the occasional fruit and vegetable. Grain was consumed very little.

Grains have also been found to cause or irritate some pets allergies especially skin allergies (corn allergies are VERY common in dogs). Grain is also very hard to digest especially in older pets.

Most low grade dogs foods that say their healthy.. are lying. Pay attention to the first ingredients listed in your dogs kibble… if it’s corn. Switch.

You might say… BUT my dogs loves Old Roy!..

Yeh, well our kids also LOVE McDonald’s but you most likely you would not feed your kids that everyday..right?

The dog food companies add fillers, sweeteners and yummy artificial flavors to their CRAPPY kibble so that the dogs will eat it.. and YES they like it but it also provides them with very litter nourishment if any at all. Honestly.

Read my post on the BEST and WORST dog food brands for more info on what brands don’t make the cut.

Some of the benefits of feeding grain free (not limited to):

Shiny coat, decreased allergies, healthy skin, increased appetite in picky eaters, increased energy, ease in passing of stools, reduced stools and decrease in weight for obese dogs or cats.

Best Dry “Grain Free” Dog Food List

The following is a list of our top-rated dry dog food brands… each found to contain at least one grain free dog food.

• Acana Regionals Grain-Free (Dry)
• Addiction Dog Food (Dry)
• American Natural Premium (Dry)
• Amicus Dog Food (Dry)
• Annamaet Grain Free (Dry)
• Artemis Fresh Mix Maximal Dog (Dry)
• AvoDerm Natural Revolving Menu (Dry)
• Back to Basics Dog Food (Dry)
• Blackwood Special Diet (Dry)
• Blue Buffalo Freedom Grain Free (Dry)
• Blue Buffalo Wilderness (Dry)
• Born Free Dog Food (Dry)
• Brothers Complete Allergy Formula (Dry)
• Brothers Complete Grain Free (Dry)
• California Natural Grain Free (Dry)
• Canidae Grain Free Pure – All Life Stages ((my Dogs current Favorite))
  
• Diamond Naturals Dry Food for Puppy, Small Breed Chicken Formula
• Diamond Naturals Dry Food for Puppy, Large Breed Lamb and Rice Formula
• DNA Dog Food (Dry)
• Earthborn Holistic Grain Free (Dry)
• Earthborn Holistic Primitive Natural (Dry)
• Evanger’s Grain Free Dog Food (Dry)
• EVO Dog Food (Dry)
• FirstMate Grain-Free (Dry)
• Fromm Four Star Nutritionals Grain-Free (Dry)
• Go! Fit and Free (Dry)
• Great Life Grain Free (Dry)
• Hi-Tek Naturals Grain Free (Dry)
• Holistic Blend Grain Free (Dry)
• Honest Kitchen Dog Food (Dehydrated)
• Horizon Legacy (Dry)
• Infinia Dog Food (Dry)
• Innova Prime Grain Free (Dry)
• Kirkland Signature Nature’s Domain (Dry)
• Lotus Dog Food (Dry)
• Merrick Grain Free Dog Food (Dry)
• Natural Balance Alpha Dog (Dry)
• Nature’s Select Grain Free (Dry)
• Nature’s Variety Instinct (Dry)
• Nature’s Variety Instinct Limited Ingredient Diet (Dry)
• Now Grain Free Dog Food (Dry)
• Nutri Life Grain Free (Dry)
• Nutrisca Dog Food (Dry)
• NutriSource Grain Free (Dry)
• Orijen Adult (Dry)
• Orijen Puppy (Dry)
• Oven-Baked Tradition Grain Free (Dry)
• Performatrin Ultra Grain Free (Dry)
• Pinnacle Grain Free (Dry)
• Pinnacle Peak Protein Formula (Dry)
• Pioneer Naturals Grain Free (Dry)
• Premium Edge Healthy Weight Reduction (Dry)
• Pronature Holistic Grain Free (Dry)
• Pulsar Dog Food (Dry)
• Solid Gold Barking at the Moon (Dry)
• Solid Gold Sun Dancer (Dry)
• Taste of the Wild (Dry)  ((my Dogs other Favorite))
• TimberWolf Wild and Natural (Dry)
• Victor Grain Free Dog Food (Dry)
• Wellness Core Dog Food (Dry)
• Wysong Archetype (Dehydrated)

See our step-by-step guide how you can spot a top recommended dog food at a glance!
And read here, for a detailed look at DogFoodScoop.com dog food ratings criteria.

Ready! In alphabetical order, here’s our pick of the best rated dog food brands on the market …

Dog Food Ratings in alphabetical order:

Alpo Prime Cuts / Score 81 C
Artemis Large/Medium Breed Puppy / Score 114 A+
Authority Harvest Baked / Score 116 A+
Authority Harvest Baked Less Active / Score 93 B
Beowulf Back to Basics / Score 101 A+
Bil-Jac Select / Score 68 F
Blackwood 3000 Lamb and Rice / Score 83 C
Blue Buffalo Chicken and Rice / Score 106 A+
Burns Chicken and Brown Rice / Score 107 A+
Canidae / Score 112 A+ ((one of my Dogs Favorites))
Chicken Soup Senior / Score 115 A+
Diamond Maintenance / Score 64 F
Diamond Lamb Meal & Rice / Score 92 B
Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula / Score 99 A
Diamond Performance / Score 85 C
Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance Ultra Premium / Score 122 A+
Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance Venison and Brown Rice / Score 106 A+
Dick Van Patten’s Duck and Potato / Score 106 A+
EaglePack Holistic / Score 102 A+
Eukanuba Adult / Score 81 C
Eukanuba Puppy / Score 79 C
Flint River Senior / Score 101 A+
Foundations / Score 106 A+
Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold / Score 93 B
Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Premium / Score 73 D
Innova Dog / Score 114 A+
Innova Evo / Score 114 A+
Innova Large Breed Puppy / Score 122 A+
Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables / Score 110 A+
Member’s Mark Chicken and Rice / Score 84 C
Merrick Wilderness Blend / Score 127 A+
Nature’s Recipe / Score 100 A
Nature’s Recipe Healthy Skin Venison and Rice / Score 116 A+
Nature’s Variety Raw Instinct / Score 122 A+
Nutra Nuggets Super Premium Lamb Meal and Rice / Score 81 C
Nutrience Junior Medium Breed Puppy / Score 101 A+
Nutrisource Lamb and Rice / Score 87 B
Nutro Max Adult / Score 93 B
Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice / Score 98 A
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy / Score 87 B
Nutro Natural Choice Puppy Wheat Free / Score 86 B
Nutro Natural Choice Senior / Score 95 A
Nutro Ultra Adult / Score 104 A+
Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice / Score 23 F
Premium Edge Chicken, Rice and Vegetables Adult Dry / Score 109 A+
Pro Nature Puppy / Score 80 C
Pro Plan Sensitive Stomach / Score 94 A
Purina Benful / Score 17 F
Purina Dog / Score 62 F
Purina Come-n-Get It / Score 16 F
Purina One Large Breed Puppy / Score 62 F
Royal Canin Boxer / Score 103 A+
Royal Canin Bulldog / Score 100 A+
Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult / Score 106 A+
Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+ / Score 63 F
Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies / Score 69 F
Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice / Score 97 A
Solid Gold / Score 99 A
Summit / Score 99 A
Timberwolf Organics Wild & Natural Dry / Score 120 A+
Wellness Super5 Mix Chicken / Score 110 A+
Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold / Score 97 A

DIY DOG FOOD RATING INFO:

Remember that you can learn how to use this dog food ratings system yourself by taking a look at this Dog Food Comparisons page and the Dog Food Rating Table! Your dogs health is worth it right?