All About Dog Food – Highest Rated Vegan Dog Food
All About Dog Food (AADF) is one of the UK’s most widely used independent dog food review sites, rating complete foods on a 0–100% scale based on ingredient quality and quantity, nutritional and technological additives, and processing methods. The higher the score, the more beneficial AADF considers a food likely to be for the majority of dogs when fed daily over an extended period.
With plant-based dog food growing in both popularity and scientific credibility, we’ve looked at every plant-based complete dry food currently reviewed on AADF to give you a clear, comparable picture of how the category performs.
One caveat worth knowing: AADF’s At-a-Glance profile includes a “High in Meat” indicator. Every plant-based food on this list is flagged “Not high in meat” — not because of a nutritional shortcoming, but simply because meat is absent by design. This structural feature of the rating system means plant-based foods face an inherent ceiling compared with meat-based counterparts. The scores below should be read with that context in mind.
Bonza Superfoods & Ancient Grains — Bonza | 69% (Good)
The highest-rated plant-based complete dry food on AADF at the time of writing, Bonza Superfoods & Ancient Grains earns a “Good” rating — one of only two plant-based foods to achieve this tier. AADF awards it the Natural, Hypoallergenic, Clearly Labelled, and Nutritionally Complete badges, a clean sweep of all criteria available to a plant-based food.
The ingredients list is notably transparent, with all key inclusions percentaged — sweet potato (12.97%), oat flakes (12.40%), peeled peas (12.20%), potato protein (8%), and quinoa (4.50%), supported by fava beans, chickpeas, a broad range of fresh vegetables, and the proprietary PhytoPlus® blend of herbs, botanicals, and adaptogens. Calsporin® probiotic, DHA omega-3, glucosamine, and MSM round out a formulation that goes well beyond baseline nutrition. RRP is £75.00 for a 10kg bag. Last reviewed by AADF September 2025.
Herbie Wilde Plant-Based Superfood Adult — Herbie Wilde | 63% (Good)
The second and only other plant-based food to achieve a “Good” rating on AADF, Herbie Wilde scores 63% and earns all four available badges: Natural, Hypoallergenic, Clearly Labelled, and Nutritionally Complete. Clear labelling is a particular strength — Herbie Wilde percentages a large number of its ingredients, which AADF rewards directly in its scoring methodology.
The recipe leads with sweet potato (26%), potato protein (14%), pea protein (13%), and cold-pressed rapeseed oil (9.2%), followed by peas, chickpeas, whole linseed, alfalfa, pumpkin, DHA Gold algae oil, and an extensive list of botanicals including chicory extract, milk thistle, burdock root, turmeric, and ginger. Taurine, L-carnitine, glucosamine, and MSM are included as nutritional additives. At £86.99 for a 12kg bag, it is the most expensive food in this comparison on a per-bag basis. Last reviewed by AADF October 2023.
Benevo Adult Original — Benevo | 52% (Average)
One of the longest-established plant-based dog foods in the UK — on the market since 2005 — Benevo Adult Original scores 52% and achieves the Natural and Nutritionally Complete badges. It does not earn Hypoallergenic or Clearly Labelled status: the recipe contains soya and maize, both flagged by AADF as potentially controversial ingredients, and ingredient percentages are not declared.
The formulation is simpler than the higher-scoring foods in this comparison: soya leads, followed by maize, white rice, rapeseed oil, peas, dried beet pulp, brewers yeast, yeast hydrolysate, dried tomatoes, and dried chicory (0.5%). Taurine, L-carnitine, and DL-methionine are added. At £49.99 for 10kg it is the most affordable option in this roundup. Last reviewed by AADF December 2025.
Omni Sensitive Adult — Omni | 51% (Average)
Omni’s sensitive formulation scores slightly higher than the standard adult recipe and earns the Natural, Hypoallergenic, and Nutritionally Complete badges. It does not achieve Clearly Labelled status, with AADF noting a lack of labelling clarity as the reason.
The recipe is soya-free and grain-free, built on sweet potato, peas, lupin beans, potato protein, and pea protein, with rapeseed oil, beet pulp, flax seed, vegetable gravy, brewers yeast, prebiotic FOS, yeast hydrolysate (a natural source of MOS and beta-glucans), apple, vegan DHA omega-3 (0.1%), carrots, tomatoes, and mixed herbs. Taurine, L-carnitine, and methionine are included as additives. RRP is £65.99 for 10kg. Last reviewed by AADF July 2025.
The Pack Oven Baked Dry Food — The Pack | 50% (Average)
The Pack’s oven-baked recipe scores 50% and earns the Natural, Hypoallergenic, and Nutritionally Complete badges. It does not earn Clearly Labelled status — AADF notes that the percentage of the first non-meat ingredient is not declared. Of note, this is the only baked (rather than extruded) food in this comparison, a lower-temperature processing method that The Pack highlights as a differentiating feature.
Ingredient highlights include dried potato flakes, sweet lupin flour (10%), green peas (10%), rice protein (7%), pea protein (7%), potato protein (7%), dried sweet potato (5%), naked oats, olive oil, dried chicory, algae oil, fermented rye (0.1%), dried spirulina and seaweed, and a herbs-and-spices blend including chamomile, marigold, nettle, turmeric, and sage. The score decreased from 51% to 50% at the most recent AADF review in March 2026. RRP is £54.99 for 5kg.
Yarrah Adult Vega — Yarrah | 49% (Average)
The only non-UK-origin food in this comparison (produced in the Netherlands), Yarrah Adult Vega scores 49% and earns the Natural and Nutritionally Complete badges only. It does not achieve Hypoallergenic status — the recipe contains organic wheat and organic soy, both flagged by AADF — and is noted as not clearly labelled due to an absence of ingredient percentages.
The recipe is entirely certified organic: organic soy beans, organic whole grain wheat, organic wheat bran, organic yellow corn, organic sunflower seed husks, minerals, organic coconut oil, brewers yeast, organic white lupin, organic baobab, and organic dried seaweed. Taurine, L-carnitine, and vitamin B12 are included as additives. Despite the lower AADF score, Yarrah’s organic certification and ethical credentials remain a draw for many owners. RRP is £52.99 for 10kg. Last reviewed by AADF August 2023 — an update may be overdue.
Omni Adult — Omni | 42% (Average)
Omni’s standard adult formula scores the lowest of the foods reviewed here at 42%, earning only the Natural and Nutritionally Complete badges. AADF flags the food as not hypoallergenic — the recipe contains Hi-Pro Soya, which is highlighted as a potentially controversial ingredient — and not clearly labelled.
The ingredient list includes potato protein, pea starch, soya, brown rice, dried yeast, sweet potato, oats, peas, pea protein, carrot flakes, rapeseed oil, hydrolysed vegetables, lentils, sunflower oil, micro algae, blueberries, cranberries, and pumpkin. Taurine, L-carnitine, methionine, and both zinc sulphate and zinc chelate are among the nutritional additives. The soya content is the principal differentiator from the Sensitive Adult, which achieved a notably higher score with a soya-free recipe. RRP is £65.99 for 10kg. Last reviewed by AADF December 2025.
What the Scores Tell Us
Two foods stand apart from the field: Bonza Superfoods & Ancient Grains (69%) and Herbie Wilde Plant-Based Superfood Adult (63%) are the only plant-based complete dry foods on AADF to achieve a “Good” rating. Both earn the Clearly Labelled badge — an important signal that ingredient percentages are declared — and both are hypoallergenic, free from soya, wheat, and maize.
The remaining five foods cluster tightly in the “Average” range (42–52%), largely penalised by the absence of declared ingredient percentages, the presence of flagged ingredients such as soya or wheat, or both.
It is worth noting again that AADF’s scoring methodology was developed primarily around meat-based foods. The “Not high in meat” profile flag applies to every food in this comparison by default — it does not reflect a nutritional deficit, simply an ingredient category. When reading AADF scores for plant-based foods, they are most useful as a relative guide within the category rather than as a direct comparison against meat-based alternatives.
For the most up-to-date scores and full ingredient analysis of any food, visit allaboutdogfood.co.uk directly, as ratings are updated periodically when formulations change.
