Best Meal Toppers for Dogs 2024

Wellness Bowl Boosters is line of minimally processed fresh food toppers that come pre-frozen both online and in stores. 

The food is a mixture of fresh meats and veggies, which are minimally processed to retain their nutritional value.

This topper is about as close as you can get to a homecooked meal without making it yourself, and the good news is since it is nutritionally complete, you don't have to worry about your dog eating the topper and leaving their dry food behind!

Let's explore the recipe variations of these kibble toppers.

Freshly Frozen flavors:

• Chicken & Butternut Squash flavor: This topper is formulated for all life stages — meaning you can use it through puppyhood and beyond. This food blends chicken meat and organs with rice and squash for healthy carbs and fiber. It also has salmon oil, a furrific omega fatty acid source!
• PUPPY | Turkey & Rice Recipe: This puppy topper is made with a blend of turkey, rice, and cranberries and is fortified with all the vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids your pup needs to grow big and strong! Since it's nutritionally complete, you could even start your dog on this and transition to using it as a kibble topper as they grow.
• Turkey & Sweet Potatoes Recipe: Your dog's tummy will yell, "more please!" with this tasty blend of turkey, sweet potatoes, rice, and cranberries. This recipe is formulated for all stages and has all the nutrients they need for an active lifestyle.
• Beef & Carrots Recipe: This adult dog food topper is rich in protein, beta carotene, fiber, and antioxidants from the blend of beef, rice, carrots, and fresh kale.

If you're wanting to try a freeze-dried raw dog food topper, Jinx is a great starting place with its protein-centric, limited-ingredient formula.

This topper is powdered, making it easy to mix into wet food or sprinkle on homemade food. You can also add water and sprinkle it on top of kibble for added hydration! 

The ingredients list features proteins and organs like salmon or chicken livers and antioxidants. But as great as the ingredients list is, what's more impressive is what isn't there (like yucky artificial additives and low-quality fillers.)

 Jinx meal topper varieties:

• Freeze-Dried Chicken Topper: This chicken and chicken organ recipe clocks in at a whopping 50% protein and is sure to have your dog begging for more!
• Freeze-Dried Salmon Topper: This fatty-acid-rich recipe features two ingredients: Salmon and mixed tocopherols (antioxidants that act as a natural preservative.)

If you're looking for a healthy pumpkin topper for dogs, look no further. 

Weruva Pumpkin Patch Up is a line of limited-ingredient, pumpkin-based pet food toppers that aim to help with digestion while delivering a healthy dose of antioxidants. 

Pumpkin is also known to help with constipation, so many reviewers stated they use this topper daily for constipation-prone pets. 

I was gifted some pouches of this to try, and I won't lie, I was skeptical at first. Like many dogs, my Shadow despises vegetables and canned pumpkin, but I tried it anyway. He had an upset stomach and figured I might as well give this topper a shot.

I was shocked when he gobbled it down plain — no food mixed in or anything— then begged for more! It sounds like a weird combo — pumpkin, ginger, and turmeric — but my pets (including my cats) love the taste!

I watched him for a few hours, and Weruva seemed to settle his tummy enough to keep his kibble down. Now, I always keep a few packs on hand for when my dog or one of my kitties has an upset stomach— yes, it is suitable for cats, too!

We gave this topper an easy 4.5 stars due to it's limited ingredient formula, affordable price point, and palatability.  

Pumpkin Patch Up variations:

• Pureed Pumpkin: This simple blend of pureed pumpkin and water is great for dogs with sensitive stomachs.
  
• Pumpkin with Coconut Oil & Flaxseeds: This 4-ingredient topper features pureed pumpkin and water to help form healthy poops, along with flax and coconut oil for a nice serving of essential fatty acids.
• Pumpkin with Ginger & Turmeric: A simple but effective recipe of pumpkin, ginger, turmeric, and water that eases tummies, decreases inflammation, and offers a nice dose of fiber.

Brutus Bone Broth is the only liquid topper on our list — and for good reason— it's the only broth-based topper you will ever need. 

This line comes in 4 different recipes, including a plant-based "un-bone both," which is a new one for us.

These simple but delicious recipes combine broth with veggie stock and the added benefit of glucosamine and chondroitin for joint health.

Brutus Bone Broth flavors:

• Chicken: A non-GMO chicken and veggie broth that can moisten food without the excess calories that come with some toppers.
• Beef: This beef-based bone broth is just 2.5 calories per serving, making it a delicious and calorie-smart choice.
• Pork: This recipe, like the other meat flavors, is a mixture of pork broth and veggie products with natural flavors to boost hydration and promote joint health
• Unbone broth: A vegan vegetable broth formula that tastes like salmon without any actual fish. It's even fortified with plant-based omega-3 fatty acids!

Stella & Chewy's Meal Mixers are one of the best freeze-dried raw toppers on the market. Quality animal products comprise a whopping 95% of the recipe, Your dog will love paws-itively love this tasty blend of raw meats, organs, and bones. But that's not all! 

Meal Mixers also contain a variety of antioxidant-rich organic fruits and veggies, seeds for added fiber, and probiotics to keep those tummies feeling great. 

Like all Stella and Chewy products, you won't find fillers, soy, or artificial additives in any of their dog food toppers.

It's worth mentioning that these toppers look more like kibble than a dog food topper. They are solid dry food pieces about half an inch in size. So, if you're looking for a wet or broth to mask the kibble taste, you might want to look elsewhere since dogs can easily pick these mixers out of the bowl and leave their kibble behind.

Meal Mixer varieties:

• Surf N Turf: Surf and turf dinners don't have to be reserved for special occasions. With this tasty blend of grass-fed beef and salmon, your furbaby can have a little luxury with every meal!
• Tantalizing Turkey: If your pup is watching their waistline, this turkey and veggie food topper might be what your pet needs to finally eat that prescription kibble. With just 58 calories per 1/4 cup, it's a low cal and tasty treat!
• Purely Pork: This pork-based meal topper features fenugreek to reduce inflammation and four different strains of probiotics to help with the gut biome.
• Savory Salmon & Cod: This fatty-acid-rich formula is a great way to add shine to your pet's coat with its inclusion of cod liver oil and salmon.
• Stella's Super Beef: Your dog is sure to be obsessed with Stella's Super Beef recipe, which has grass-fed beef as the leading ingredient, along with beef organ meat and veggies for added vitamins and minerals.
• Dandy Lamb: This single-source protein topper features lamb meat and organs, along with an array of superfoods like cranberries, blueberries, spinach, and iodine-rich kelp.
• Chewy's Chicken: This recipe is a refreshing alternative to lower-quality by-product-based recipes since it's made with whole, antibiotic-free chicken meat and organs. 
• Duck Duck Goose: Your dog will go crazy for this exotic recipe which as the name suggests is comprised of minimally-processed duck, goose, and turkey products.
• Perfectly Puppy Beef & Salmon: This puppy recipe has a whooping 5 sources of animal protein ranging from beef tripe to salmon, which offers pups the protein, minerals, and fatty acids they need for optimal growth.