Vitamin B3
Niacinamide
Vitamin B3 (niacinamide) supports your dog's skin barrier, coat condition, and cellular energy metabolism
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Niacinamide is included as part of Prebiotic's skin barrier nutrients active ingredients.
Vitamin B3, also known as niacinamide, supports your dog's skin barrier function, coat condition, and cellular energy metabolism. It plays a role in epidermal renewal and helps the skin hold on to moisture and resist irritation, which is why it sits alongside the fibre blend in Prebiotic: one supports the gut, the other supports the skin, and the two are more connected than they look.
Research notes
References for further reading
- Boo, Y.C. (2021) ‘Mechanistic basis and clinical evidence for the applications of nicotinamide (niacinamide) to control skin aging and pigmentation’, Antioxidants, 10(8), 1315
- Ong, R.R. and Goh, C.F. (2024) ‘Niacinamide: a review on dermal delivery strategies and clinical evidence’, Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 14(12), pp. 3512–3548
- Sjöberg, T., Fsahaye, A., Nilsson, E.J., Letasiova, S., Namro, I., Visdal-Johnsen, L., Hrapovic, N., Smiljanic, S., Österlund, C., Engblom, J. and Björklund, S. (2025) ‘Niacinamide and its impact on stratum corneum hydration and structure’, Scientific Reports, 15, 4953
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Antioxidant defence
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Digestive comfort
Liquorice root
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Digestive comfort
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Gut–immune baseline
Inulin
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