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.
Avocado Oil
Oil pressed from the flesh of the avocado.
Avocado Powder
Dried and powdered avocado flesh.
Bacillus Coagulans GBI-30 6086
A specific strain of beneficial spore-forming bacteria, added as a probiotic.
Bacillus Licheniformis
A beneficial bacterium added as a direct-fed microbial.
Bacillus Subtilis
A spore-forming beneficial bacterium added as a probiotic.
Bacillus Subtillus Fermentation Product Dehydrated
The dried product of fermenting with Bacillus subtilis, including the culture medium.
Bacon
Cured and smoked pork belly, used in small amounts for flavor.
Bacon Flavors
Flavorings that give food a bacon taste.
Bananas
The fruit of the banana plant.
Barley
The grain of the barley plant, one of the older cultivated cereals.
Barley Flakes
Barley grains steamed and rolled flat.
Barley Flour
Flour milled from barley.
Barley Grass
The young green leaf of the barley plant, harvested before the grain forms.
Barley Grass Extract
A concentrated extract of young barley leaf.
Basil
The leaf of the basil plant, used fresh or dried in small quantities.
Beans
The edible seed of leguminous plants, without the type being specified.
Beef
The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Beef and Bone Meal
A rendered product made from beef tissue including bone.
Beef Bone
Beef bone, included ground in raw-inspired and whole-prey style recipes.
Beef Bone Broth
Broth produced by simmering beef bones, then used as a liquid in the recipe.
Beef Broth
The liquid produced by simmering beef, used to add moisture and flavor.
Beef By-Product
Beef is a great source of protein and amino acids. This beef-by-product features other sources of protein content…
Beef Cartilage
Connective tissue from the joints of cattle.
Beef Fat
Fat rendered from beef tissue.
Beef Flavor
A flavoring derived from beef, applied to improve taste.
Beef Heart
The heart muscle of cattle, a muscle meat rather than an organ.
Beef Kidney
The kidney of cattle, an organ meat used in recipes built around whole-animal nutrition.
Beef Liver
The liver of cattle, an organ meat.
Beef Lung
The lung of cattle, an organ meat used in whole-animal recipes.
Beef Meal
Beef that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Beef Meat Meal
A meal rendered from beef muscle tissue.
Beef Organs
A mix of beef organ meats, without the individual organs being specified.
Beef Plasma
The protein-rich liquid fraction of beef blood, spray dried.
Beef Spleen
The spleen of cattle, an organ meat used in whole-prey style recipes.
Beef Tripe
The stomach lining of cattle or other ruminants, cleaned and used as an organ meat.
Beet Pulp
The fibrous material left after sugar has been extracted from sugar beets.