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.
Dried Seaweed Meal
Seaweed dried and ground into a meal.
Dried Skim Milk
Skimmed milk with the water and most of the fat removed.
Dried Spinach
Spinach leaf with the moisture removed.
Dried Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes with their moisture removed, used as a concentrated grain-free carbohydrate.
Dried Tomato
Tomatoes with the moisture removed.
Dried Tomato Pomace
Tomato skins and pulp left after pressing, then dried.
Dried Tomatoes
Tomatoes with the moisture removed.
Dried Trichoderma Longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract
A dried enzyme extract from the fungus Trichoderma longibrachiatum.
Dried Trichoderma Reesei Fermentation Product
Dried Venison Broth
Venison broth with the moisture removed.
Dried Wheat Grass Powder
Young wheat leaf dried and ground to a powder.
Dried Whey Powder
Whey dried into a powder.
Dried White Potatoes
Dried Whole Eggs
Dried Yam
Yam tuber with the moisture removed.
Dried Yeast
Yeast that has been grown, harvested and dried for use as a nutritional ingredient.
Dried Yeast Culture
A dried yeast culture including the medium it grew on.
Dried Yeast Fermentation Solubles
The soluble fraction of yeast fermentation, dried.
Dried Yogurt
Yogurt with the moisture removed.
Dried Yucca Schidigera Extract
A dried extract of the yucca plant.
Duck
The clean flesh of the duck, with or without skin, used fresh.
Duck Broth
The liquid produced by simmering duck, used to add moisture and flavor.
Duck by-Product Meal
A concentrated meal rendered from the parts of the duck left after the flesh is removed.
Duck Egg
The egg of the duck.
Duck Liver
The liver of the duck, an organ meat.
Duck Meal
Duck that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Duck Meat Meal
A meal rendered from duck muscle tissue.
Duck with Ground Bone
Duck meat including ground bone, used in raw-inspired and whole-prey style recipes.
Durum Semolina
Coarse flour milled from durum wheat, the wheat used for pasta.
Egg
Whole hen eggs, used fresh or as a processed egg ingredient.
Egg Albumin
Egg and Chicken Flavor
Egg Powder
Whole egg dried and milled to a powder.
Egg Product
Egg content processed into a stable dry or liquid ingredient, minus the shell.
Egg Shell Meal
Ground eggshell, used as a mineral source.
Egg Whites
The white of the egg, the protein-rich portion around the yolk.
Think You Know What Your Dog Can Eat?
Ten everyday foods. Safe, In Moderation or Never. No googling, no second guesses. Then share your score with your friends, however embarrassing it turns out to be.
115 foods in the deck. Grapes are in there. So is cheese.
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Ten foods, one at a time. Call each one Safe, In Moderation or Never, then flip the card to see if you had it right. The ones you miss are listed at the end.
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