About allergenic food for dog and cat

Allergenic food for dog and cat

Majstor is a Swedish manufacturer of allergy-friendly food for dogs and cats. Our meals are of high quality as we only use good and natural ingredients and make sure that the dog food is completely without artificial permits. This is because only the best is good enough.

Our dog and cat food is designed to counteract the problem caused by intolerance,  we have excluded many known allergens in the product. Majstor contains all the essential vitamins and minerals that your dog and cat need. Our food only contains food-grade meat, human-quality meat.

What makes our food allergy-friendly?

Our food contains no artificial preservatives, color additives or flavorings. We keep it as natural and clean as possible. We also exclude foods that have been shown to cause skin problems in dogs in clinical trials.

It is 100% free from antibiotics. No animals that have been used to the meat content of the feed are bred on antibiotics.

As a bonus – in addition to the lining being low allergy – it also has other benefits for the dog :

  • It’s great for the coat thanks to the combination of ingredients in the lining and added vitamin E, Omega 6 and Omega 3.
  • Good for dog’s teeth, green tea contains fluoride, cranberry juice contains antioxidants that prevent bacteria from settling in gums and teeth.
  • Good for the urinary tract, cranberries are considered to lower the pH of the urine and make it difficult for bacteria to get attached.
  • Good for gastrointestinal tract, inulin from chicory root benefits the absorption of minerals and increases the concentration of calcium and magnesium in the intestine.
  • Increases the concentration of calcium and magnesium in the intestine.

 

Does my dog or cat have food allergies?

Unfortunately, there are no blood tests or other tests to find out if your dog or cat has developed a food allergy. What you can do instead is to look for the symptoms. Allergy in dogs manifests itself as a skin disease, the most common symptom in dogs that develop allergies is itching in e.g. face, ears and groin, even recurrent ear infections, paw problems and gastrointestinal problems can be caused by allergies.

Also in cats food-allergies manifest as skin problems, the most common symptom for cats with food allergies is itching and other skin conditions, usually located on the cat’s head or neck. Problems such as vomiting, diarrhea and stress can also occur separately or together with itching and other skin conditions in cats with food-allergies.

Elimination diet – try another meal

If you suspect that your dog or cat has developed a food allergy, after eliminating other causes of the symptoms such as parasites or skin infections, you can, in consultation with a veterinarian, test a so-called elimination diet.

In an elimination diet for dogs, the dog may eat a special diet for about two months. Then the dog is allowed to eat his usual diet again. If the dog’s problems became better during his special diet, and then worse again in his usual diet, one can conclude that the dog was allergic to something in his usual diet.

Our food normally contains only one animal, protein as well as fat, which makes it suitable as the exclusion diet because you can then exclude other animal products that your dog normally eats.

Even if a food-allergy is suspected in cats, an elimination diet can be tested where the cat is only allowed to eat sources of protein and carbohydrate that it has not previously gained through its normal diet.

A selection of low-allergy dog food