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At Essential Foods our goal is to Improve & Prolong the lives of dogs. Along with being a grain free, natural, high meat content luxury dog food every meal includes our award winning B.O.F (Behavioral Optimizing Food).
A significant part of the idea behind the ESSENTIALS meals, is to keep your dog's blood sugar stable. In the same way that it applies to people, it applies to dogs (even more so) that when the blood sugar is running low or high, significant fluctuations both mentally and physically takes place. All of our meals are composed in order to avoid these fluctuations; creating a new standard of foods for your dog. The principle we have developed is BOF (Behavioural Optimising Foods) and has been extremely well received.
BOF — A SENSATION WITHIN PET FOODS.
Behavioral Optimizing Foods (BOF) is the principle honoring the many advantages of keeping the blood sugar levels stable throughout the day. At ESSENTIAL FOODS we have achieved just that with our life-changing and award winning foods.
BOF ensures the stability of your dog's sugar levels. Our high fresh meat content and the low preparation temperature means your dog gets exceptional nutritional values vs. mass-branded pet foods.
The results with BOF are breathtaking. Serving ESSENTIALS positively will affect the mental balance of your dog. Some report seeing a dramatic transformation in the behavior, others note a smaller change, however improvement is always recorded.
To see how Essential Foods compares to other options on the market, visit our best dog food Ireland guide — independently rated and reviewed.
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