Nicola, I wondered if you ever tried the Burns high energy lamb and rice? I know it's got beet fibre in it but wondered if you had tried it. .I asked John Burns via e mail why the higher energy recipes Burns make including the canine active, canine extra and high energy lamb all contain beet fibre.
His reply was that when they first trialled the canine active on greyhounds at a kennel near them, they found that the hounds were having diarrhoea without the addition of the fibre the beet supplied. He then went on to say that probably most dogs could do without it being in the food but it would mean retrialling and changing all the packaging.
He also said in his e mail that allergies to beet pulp are quite rare
Interesting though as I have always been curious as to why the higher energy recipes ( 3 of them) all contain beet fibre.