I’m honoured to have Sir Isaac Newton take the time to leave a comment, negative or not.

The review has since been updated to reflect the new ingredients.

As for Dr Andrew Knight, you will find information here on how his latest study into meat-based versus vegan “cat foods” failed to account for most kibble not being meat-based but grain or starch based, for factually carnivorous cats. The study found many cats, whether grain-fed or vegan-fed, suffered health conditions.

Not valid research, sadly, and I hope if Dr Andrew Knight reads this he spends University money on a better study in the future, such as Raw fed cats versus vegan fed cats.

I would classify dogs as facultative carnivores rather than the get out clause “omnivore”. Their digestive system is not dissimilar to a cats, and cats are factually carnivore. In contrast, the digestive system of a dog is vastly different to our own as omnivores.

That’s great to hear Jan, and I must update this old review to the new formula without delay.

I remember the mycotoxins from corn issues all too well, mostly from the Advance Dermocare saga, but subsequently to a much lesser extent with Veganpet. Credit where credit is due, Mars Petcare with the help of Melbourne University U-Vet failed to substantiate why the Dermocare product, made mostly from corn, was causing megaesophagus. It took Veganpet no time at all to find the cause, and they rectified the situation immediately.

Soy doesn’t contain estrogen, it contains phytoestrogen and it only has positive effects on the body unless consumed in high doses of around 10-14 servings unless you’re allergic. We’ve been eating it for well over 3000 years.

An article is not a study. Plenty of studies show soy does not affect the thyroid in whole form and even with protein powder. However, it can affect how thyroid medication is absorbed, but even then, there is no concern about normal servings.

The same with so-called “anti-nutrients” these help “protect against and treat some types of cancer. Many can help boost the immune system. Tannins specifically have been found to help slow or prevent the growth of fungi, bacteria, and viruses that can cause illness”.

Dogs are also omnivores, not carnivores.

My pets aren’t vegan but i’m interested in the topic. It’s disappointing that the owner of this site has lashed out at you with insults. The animals at Edgar’s Mission are vegan and extremely healthy. Ruby just turned 13. Owner of this website also posted a link to an article about a vegan cat that was ill from being fed potatoes and pasta (as if it backs up their claims, idk). If we as humans lived on potatoes and pasta, we’d get sick too! That’s not a suitable diet for any person or animal and those owners clearly uneducated on nutrition.

Yes I heard about this. It was due to infected crops and the food was recalled immediately.

The thing is, we are able to cook foods for them in a way that makes vegan foods ‘viable’. A dog couldn’t do that for themselves, they work in a way that is able to be far more easily digested than if those foods were raw. Stool tests show that amino acids in vegan kibble can actually be very well digested. There are some key advantages, such as lower dioxins and some heavy metals that accumulate up the food chain… I wish we hadn’t polluted the hell out of this Earth…
Anyway, it looks like the main ingredients have improved slightly for VeganPet since this was written, with a lower reliance on Soy…

The oldest dog recorded was Bluey, an American cattle dog who lived to 29 years. I believe the dog you’re referring to is Bramble the Border Collie who lived on a vegan diet until 25 years.

I think the biggest fact we can take from these two dogs is neither was fed a commercial dog food.