The Best 11 High-Fiber Dog Foods for Doggy Digestion

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An adult dog’s diet usually consists of 2.5% to 4.5% fiber. However, some dogs with health issues—like diabetes, loose stools, digestive problems, or obesity—may need higher-than-average fiber in their food. If you and your vet decide your pup would benefit from a high-fiber diet, here are a few things to look for when choosing dog food:

• Increased fiber content (above 4.5%)
• High-fiber fruits and vegetables, like apples, carrots, pumpkin, and sweet potatoes
• Whole grains, such as brown rice and oatmeal
• Supplemental sources of fiber, such as flaxseed and psyllium husk

To help you out, we’ve rounded up the best high-fiber dog food options. While choosing brands that comply with AAFCO guidelines, we also converted the guaranteed analysis to dry matter. That way, you can better compare the food types, from dry kibble to fresh food and everything in between.

Best All-Around: Royal Canin Weight Care

Royal Canin leads the way in meeting the dietary needs of a wide variety of breed sizes. This weight care line has a customizable high-fiber formula for extra-small, small, medium, and large breeds.

Corn, beet pulp, pea fiber, and psyllium seed husk contribute to the high-fiber blend, helping dogs feel satiated. Chicken makes up the main protein, while L-carnitine helps your dog’s body turn fat into energy for a healthy metabolism.

Key Nutrients (small breed recipe):

• 3,273 kcal/kg
• Fiber: 11.1%
• Protein: 31.1%
• Fat: 10%

Best Budget: American Journey Limited Ingredient Duck and Sweet Potato Recipe

Living with a dog with health and digestive issues can be expensive. Chewy’s house brand, American Journey, is more affordable than many dog foods, starting at around $2.59 a pound (per 24-pound bag).

The limited ingredient line is particularly helpful for dogs with sensitivities. This recipe has deboned duck as the sole animal protein source, with sweet potatoes, beets, and peas providing a higher-than-average fiber content. Flaxseed, sunflower, and fish oils add omega fatty acids to soothe inflammation, and additional vitamins and minerals round out the recipe.

Key Nutrients

• 3,300 kcal/kg
• Fiber: 6.7%
• Protein: 27.8%
• Fat: 13.3%

Best Chicken-Free: Blue Buffalo Basics Skin and Stomach Care Salmon & Potato Recipe

Even if chicken isn’t the lead protein, many dog foods still include chicken fat for flavoring. If your dog is allergic to chicken (or you’re still trying to figure out if they are with an elimination diet), single-protein formulas like this salmon and potato recipe can offer an excellent alternative.

This high-fiber dog food is free of chicken and poultry by-product meals and features real deboned salmon as the main protein source. Whole grains like brown rice provide complex carbohydrates for energy and fiber. Easy-digestible veggies like potatoes and pumpkin also add essential minerals and vitamins to the high-fiber mix.

For a different protein, this limited-ingredient recipe also comes in turkey, lamb, and duck.

Key Nutrients:

• 3,475 kcal/kg
• Fiber: 6.7%
• Protein: 22.2%
• Fat: 13.3%

Best Low-Fat: Solid Gold Fresh Caught Wild Alaskan Pollock Adult Dog Food

High-fiber dog food can add bulk without calories, helping your dog feel fuller and more satisfied to aid in weight management. This Solid Gold Fit & Fabulous blend is packed with fiber-rich and filling ingredients like peas, pearled barley, oatmeal, and brown rice. Low in calories and fat, the formula features Alaskan pollock as the lean protein source, offering an average level of nearly 29%.

Superfoods like blueberries and cranberries add antioxidants, while flaxseed and salmon oil offer omega fatty acids for skin, coat, and immune support.

Key Nutrients:

• 3,240 kcal/kg
• Fiber: 11.1%
• Protein: 28.9%
• Fat: 7.2% (min) – 10.6% (max)

Best High-Protein: Blue Buffalo True Solutions Fit & Healthy Weight Control Formula

Real deboned chicken and chicken meal add to this recipe’s high protein content of over 31%, making it a potential choice for active dogs with digestive issues or sweet seniors who need extra help retaining muscle. Low in fat and high in insoluble fibers like barley, brown rice, and powdered cellulose, this recipe may also be suitable for dogs with diabetes—helping to slow movement through the GI tract and regulate glucose release.

For dogs needing to shed a few pounds, this recipe delivers moderate calories and contains L-carnitine, which helps with fat metabolism.

Key Nutrients

• 3,224 kcals/kg
• Fiber: 15.5%
• Protein: 31.1%
• Fat: 12.2%

Best Fresh: Nom Nom Freshly-Made Frozen Grain-Free Pork Potluck Dog Food (Verified Review)

Nom Nom’s fresh foods offer limited ingredients and single protein sources gently cooked to retain nutrients. Made in kitchens in Nashville and San Francisco, the food arrives frozen (and is stored frozen) until you thaw it in the fridge before serving. We reviewed Nom Nom and appreciated the single-source protein options and the large number of veggies to support the main protein.

Fresh foods tend to be more expensive than kibble but often offer more limited ingredient choices and sourcing transparency. While all of Nom Nom’s recipes are above average in protein, the pork potluck has more fiber than some of the others at 8%. You can get it via a subscription plan or online at stores like Chewy.

Key Nutrients:

• 1,246 kcal/kg
• Fiber: 8%
• Protein: 28%
• Fat: 20%

Best Grain-Free: Wellness Core Natural Grain-Free Dry Dog Food

This dog food delivers high fiber and protein without grains—ideal if your dog has a sensitivity or your vet has advised you to go grain-free. Turkey, chicken, and salmon oil provide premium protein at high levels of nearly 37%. Fruits and veggies like apples, carrots, and blueberries add to the 13.3% fiber while packing flavor, fullness, and essential antioxidants. The Wellness CORE line also includes prebiotics and probiotics to support a healthy digestive system.

Key Nutrients:

• 3,300 kcal/kg
• Fiber: 13.3%
• Protein: 36.7%
• Fat: 11.1% – 13.3% (min)

Best Subscription: Ollie Lamb Dish With Cranberries (Verified Review)

Ollie gets four paws up from Rover testers on taste and ingredients. It also stands out for its personalized approach and convenient subscription service, which can be delivered weekly, every two weeks, or monthly.

Like other fresh food options, Ollie has a higher price point but an enviably short ingredient list. When it comes to higher fiber content, the lamb with cranberries dish ekes out a bit more fiber than the other recipes. It also has a solid amount of protein to boot. At 38%, it’s one of the higher protein options on our list.

For a lower protein recipe with a similar fiber count, try the chicken and carrots recipe instead.

Key Nutrients:

• 1,804 kcal/kg
• Fiber: 8%
• Protein: 38%
• Fat: 27%

Best Wet: Open Farm Herring & Mackerel Rustic Stew

If you have a picky pup, wet and canned dog food provides added flavor either as a complete meal or topper. However, wet food usually has lower carbohydrate content than dry dog food. Fortunately for dogs who need high-fiber wet food, Open Farm’s rustic stew line features recipes like this herring and mackerel blend, which offers about 11% fiber.

Open Farm also sets a high bar for sustainability, transparent ingredient sourcing, and animal welfare and accommodates various dietary needs. Additional stew flavors include beef, chicken, turkey, salmon, and a chicken and salmon blend.

Key Nutrients:

• 750 kcal/kg
• Fiber: 11.1%
• Protein: 44.4%
• Fat: 19.4%

Best for Seniors: Dr. Tim’s Metabolite Weight Management Formula

Senior dogs need high-fiber food that’s also high in protein (more than 25% measured on a dry matter basis). Older dogs also need a diet lower in calories to prevent weight gain as they start to slow down.

Dr. Tim’s Metabolite Weight Management formula features chicken and salmon meal, which contribute to the 33% protein. At 280 calories per cup, this recipe is also low in fat, at 11%. Supplemental sources of fiber include flaxseed and psyllium husk, and carbohydrates like brown rice, oats, peas, and beet pulp add to the high fiber count. Menhaden fish oil provides omega-3s to soothe inflammation in the gut or joints.

Key Nutrients:

• 3,218 kcal/kg 
• Fiber: 11.1%
• Protein: 33.3%
• Fat: 11.1%

Best Meal Topper: Instinct Raw Boost Mixers Gut Health

One of the best ways to add fiber to your dog’s meals—and make them more interesting—is to use toppers on their regular food. This Instinct mixer is specially formulated for gut health and is made with whole chicken that’s been freeze-dried in raw form, taking away the moisture but leaving all the nutrients. Fiber-rich ingredients like pumpkin, pumpkin seeds, and sweet potato also boast antioxidant richness.

The short ingredient list makes it easy to accommodate your dog’s diet if there are certain foods you’re trying to avoid. It’s also high in fat and protein, as with most toppers, so you’ll want it to comprise no more than 10% of your dog’s daily caloric intake.

Key Nutrients:

• 4,555 kcal/kg
• Fiber: 16%
• Protein: 38.3%
• Fat: 31.9%

How We Chose

The products featured here were selected based on a combination of our own hands-on testing, a comprehensive look at customer reviews across a wide variety of retail platforms, and interviews with veterinary experts. We prioritized AAFCO-compliant recipes with higher fiber content to suit a variety of needs. We’re also guided by the experience of living and playing alongside our own much-loved and strongly opinionated pets, who are never stingy with their feedback.

Further Reading

• What Is Dog Food Made Of and Where Does It Come From?
• Grain-Free Dog Food: Is It Always Better?
• The Best Low-Sodium Dog Foods
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