Best Dog Food for Diabetic Dogs 2025

Raised Right offers a range of dog food recipes that have limited ingredients, so they’re rich in protein. All recipes are wet dog food, with 11 different varieties, all of which are freshly cooked using human grade ingredients before being frozen.

Dr. Georgia is an admirer of Raised Right. “Raised Right offers a human-grade dog food consisting of only whole foods and no fillers or synthetic additives such as vitamin and mineral powders,” she says. “Their ingredients can also be traced back to the source, and each batch is tested for safety.”

With 55 different varieties of dog food — including wet food and dry food, and meal toppers — you’re certainly not stuck for choice when it comes to the Honest Kitchen product range. All Honest Kitchen’s recipes are made with human-grade ingredients and whole foods, and have no preservatives, fillers, soy, corn or wheat.

Dr. Georgia recommends Honest Kitchen, saying: “The Honest Kitchen offers convenient dry, dehydrated, and wet food options that use high protein meat sources and are fortified with fish oils and essential nutrients such as taurine.” 

It’s one of the dehydrated recipes that we’ve selected as one of the best foods for diabetic dogs, containing ideal ingredients in white fish, dehydrated pumpkin and dehydrated spinach. Dried organic coconut, dried chickpeas and dehydrated celery complete the list of six whole food ingredients.

Spot and Tango is a premium brand of dog food that offers both a fresh food range and a dry food, UnKibble. It’s the dry recipes we’ve chosen in this shortlist of best dog food for diabetic dogs, not least because, as our full review of Spot and Tango reveals, it’s the brand’s most popular product line. 

But of course, there’s more reason than popularity. It’s a vet-recommended food, endorsed by Dr. Georgia, who notes that: “Nutrient profiles are preserved through low-temperature dehydration, products have guaranteed nutrient analysis, and all recipes are developed by certified veterinary nutritionists.”

UnKibble comes in four different flavors, all of them made with 100% fresh ingredients and zero artificial preservatives or fillers. Those recipes are Cod and Salmon, Beef and Barley, Turkey and Sweet Potato, and the one we’ve nominated here — Chicken and Brown Rice. In addition to the two main ingredients, you’ll also find sweet potatoes, carrots, fish oil, apples, broccoli and kale.

Unlike some other brands that have recipes included in our best dog food for diabetic dogs shortlist, Nom Nom doesn’t have a lengthy range of flavors — but what it lacks in quantity, it more than makes up for in quality. There are four recipes in the Nom Nom fresh dog food line-up; besides the Turkey Fare we’ve highlighted here, there’s also Beef Mash, Chicken Cuisine, and Pork Potluck. All have meat as the No.1 ingredient.

Turkey Fare makes such a suitable meal option as a diabetic dog food because its ingredients deliver almost exactly what’s needed. Ground turkey provides lean protein; brown rice has grains and added fiber; carrots are fiber-rich; spinach is a non-starchy vegetable, and fish oil is a source of healthy fat.

All Nom Nom recipes meet standards as set by AAFCO’s Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for all life stages.

The Acana Singles Limited Ingredient range are protein-rich recipes that include at least 50% premium animal ingredients. As well as being recommended as a diabetic dog food, it’s also suitable for dogs who might be fussier eaters and for those who have allergies — pet parents have reported improved results when feeding their pup this food. It’s available in a choice of different flavors. 

We’ve highlighted the Beef and Pumpkin recipe here, as it includes ideal ingredients of beef, sweet potatoes, whole pumpkin, and fish oil; all of which are beneficial in a diet for a diabetic dog. Across the recipe range, Acana follows a formula of 65% animal ingredients — meat — and 35% vegetables, fruit and nutrients, though be sure to check the full listing of each. 

The other flavors in the Singles Limited Ingredient product line include Duck and Pear; Pork & Squash and Lamb & Apple (all of which include pumpkin). There are also two Wholesome Grains recipes — one with Lamb and Pumpkin and the other with Duck and Pumpkin.

JustFoodForDogs is a brand of human-grade foods that we have recommended across many of our best of guides. This particular recipe is formulated with extra fiber to support dogs with metabolic problems like diabetes. Fiber helps control blood sugar spikes and dips and has the added bonus of keeping pups full for longer between meals. This shelf-stable wet food recipe primarily centers around yummy turkey, barley, oats, and beef liver.