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.
Green Lipped Mussel
A shellfish from New Zealand waters, usually included as a dried powder.
Green Peas
The immature green seed of the pea plant, used fresh or dried.
Green Tea
The dried leaf of the tea plant, unfermented.
Green Tea Extract
A concentrated extract of green tea leaf.
Green Tea Polyphenols
The concentrated catechin compounds from green tea.
Ground Baby Back Pork Ribs
Pork rib meat and bone, ground.
Ground Barley
The grain of the barley plant, one of the older cultivated cereals.
Ground Beef Bone
Beef bone, included ground in raw-inspired and whole-prey style recipes.
Ground Brown Rice
Rice with only the inedible outer hull removed, so the bran and germ stay on the grain.
Ground Chicken Bone
Chicken bone, included ground in raw-inspired and whole-prey style recipes.
Ground Cod with Bones
Cod ground together with its bones.
Ground Corn
The kernel of the corn plant, used ground or as separated fractions.
Ground Dried Chickpeas
Chickpeas with their moisture removed, the usual form used in dry recipes.
Ground Dried Peas
Peas with their moisture removed, used as a concentrated legume ingredient.
Ground Extruded Whole Soybeans
Whole soybeans extruded under heat and pressure, then ground.
Ground Fennel
The bulb and seed of the fennel plant.
Ground Flaxseed
The seed of the flax plant, used whole or ground.
Ground Grain Sorghum
The grain of the sorghum plant, a gluten-free cereal also known as milo.
Ground Lamb Bone
Lamb bone, included ground in raw-inspired and whole-prey style recipes.
Ground Millet
The small round seed of the millet plant, a gluten-free cereal.
Ground Oat Groats
The whole oat kernel with only the inedible outer hull removed, leaving the bran and germ intact.
Ground Oats
The grain of the oat plant.
Ground Pearled Barley
Barley polished to remove the hull and most of the bran layer, leaving a pale, quick-cooking grain.
Ground Peas
The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Ground Pork Bone
Pork bone, included ground in raw-inspired and whole-prey style recipes.
Ground Psyllium Husk
The outer coating of the psyllium seed, a concentrated soluble fiber.
Ground Rice
The grain of the rice plant, used without the form being specified further.
Ground Sorghum
Sorghum grain ground for digestibility, a gluten-free cereal.
Ground Turkey Bone
Turkey bone, included ground in raw-inspired and whole-prey style recipes.
Ground Wheat
The grain of the wheat plant, one of the most widely grown cereals.
Ground Wheat Flour
Flour milled from wheat, generally with the bran and germ removed.
Ground White Rice
Rice milled to remove the hull, bran and germ, leaving the starchy endosperm.
Ground Whole Brown Rice
Whole grain brown rice ground for digestibility, with bran and germ retained.
Ground Whole Corn
Whole corn kernels ground for digestibility, with bran and germ retained.
Ground Whole Grain Barley
Whole grain barley ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ retained.
Ground Whole Grain Sorghum
Whole grain sorghum ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ retained.