What is actually in dog food
Plain explanations of the things you find on a label, from the obvious ones to the ones that sound like chemistry. No opinions about whether an ingredient is good or bad, just what it is and what it does in the bag.
Fresh Deboned Bison
The clean flesh of the bison, used fresh.
Fresh Deboned Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is…
Fresh Deboned Lamb
The clean flesh of sheep, used fresh.
Fresh Deboned Pork
The clean flesh of the pig, used fresh.
Fresh Deboned Salmon
The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Fresh Deboned Wild Boar
Meat from wild boar, used as an uncommon red meat protein.
Fresh Duck
The clean flesh of the duck, with or without skin, used fresh.
Fresh Eggs
Whole hen eggs, used fresh or as a processed egg ingredient.
Fresh Fruits
A mix of fresh fruit, without the varieties being specified.
Fresh Garden Peas
The immature green seed of the pea plant, used fresh or dried.
Fresh Golden Apples
Golden variety apples, used fresh.
Fresh Granny Smith Apples
Granny Smith apples, used fresh.
Fresh Green Beans
The immature pod and seed of the common bean, used fresh or dried.
Fresh Herring
The flesh of herring, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Fresh Lamb
The clean flesh of sheep, used fresh.
Fresh Lettuce
The leaf of the lettuce plant.
Fresh Pacific Wild Salmon
Wild-caught Pacific salmon, used fresh.
Fresh Parsley
The leaf of the parsley plant, used in small quantities.
Fresh Pork
The clean flesh of the pig, used fresh.
Fresh Potatoes
The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Fresh Ranch-Raised Beef
Beef from ranch-raised cattle, used fresh.
Fresh Red Apples
Red variety apples, used fresh.
Fresh Red Delicious Apples
Red Delicious apples, used fresh.
Fresh Red Jacket Potatoes
Red-skinned potatoes, used fresh.
Fresh Russet Potatoes
Russet potatoes, used fresh.
Fresh Snow Peas
Immature pea pods eaten whole, used fresh.
Fresh Spinach
The leaf of the spinach plant.
Fresh Sugar Peas
Sweet immature pea pods, used fresh.
Fresh Sweet Potatoes
The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the…
Fresh Tomatoes
The ripe fruit of the tomato plant.
Fresh Turkey Meat
The clean flesh of the turkey, used fresh.
Fresh Vegetables
A mix of fresh vegetables, without the types being specified.
Fresh Water Trout
Trout from fresh water, used fresh.
Fresh White Potatoes
White-skinned potatoes, used fresh.
Fresh Whole Arrowtooth Flounder
Whole arrowtooth flounder, used entire rather than as fillet.
Fresh Whole Eggs
Whole hen eggs, used fresh or as a processed egg ingredient.