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.
Cracked Pearled Barley
Pearled barley broken into smaller pieces so it cooks and digests more quickly.
Cranberries
The whole fruit of the cranberry, included fresh or dried.
Cranberry Fiber
The fibrous fraction separated from cranberries.
Cranberry Meal
Cranberry solids left after pressing, dried and ground.
Cranberry Powder
Dried and powdered cranberry.
Curcumin
The active yellow compound in turmeric.
D-Activated Animal Sterol
An animal-derived sterol activated to provide vitamin D3.
D-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate
The natural form of vitamin E in a stabilized acetate form.
D-Calcium Pantothenate
The added form of vitamin B5, pantothenic acid.
Dandelion
The leaf and root of the dandelion plant.
Dandelion Extract
A concentrated extract of dandelion leaf or root.
Deboned Alaskan Pollock
Alaskan pollock with the bones removed.
Deboned Alligator
The clean flesh of the alligator, used as an uncommon protein.
Deboned Beef
The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Deboned Bison
The clean flesh of the bison, used fresh.
Deboned Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is…
Deboned Cod
A lean white ocean fish used as a protein source.
Deboned Duck
The clean flesh of the duck, with or without skin, used fresh.
Deboned Goat
Meat from the goat, used as an uncommon red meat protein.
Deboned Halibut
The flesh of halibut, a large lean flatfish.
Deboned Lamb
The clean flesh of sheep, used fresh.
Deboned Pollock
The flesh of pollock, a lean white ocean fish, used fresh.
Deboned Pork
The clean flesh of the pig, used fresh.
Deboned Rabbit
The clean flesh of the rabbit, used fresh.
Deboned Salmon
The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Deboned Sole
The flesh of sole, a lean white flatfish.
Deboned Trout
The flesh of trout, a freshwater fish, used fresh.
Deboned Turkey
The clean flesh of the turkey, with or without skin, used fresh.
Deboned Venison
The clean flesh of deer, used fresh.
Deboned Whitefish
The flesh of any of several lean white ocean fish, used fresh.
Deboned Wild Boar
Meat from wild boar, used as an uncommon red meat protein.
Defluorinated Phosphate
A phosphate mineral source with the fluoride removed.
Dehulled Barley
Barley with only the indigestible outer hull removed, leaving the bran and germ intact.
Dehydrated Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product
The dried product of fermenting with Bacillus subtilis, including the culture medium.
Dehydrated Beef
Beef with the moisture removed by dehydration.
Dehydrated Bifidobacterium Pseudolongum Fermentation Product
The dried product of fermenting with Bifidobacterium pseudolongum, including the culture medium.