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 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.
Fresh Whole Flounder
Whole flounder, used entire rather than as fillet.
Fresh Whole Fuji Apple
Whole Fuji apples, used fresh.
Fresh Whole Golden Apples
Whole golden apples, used fresh.
Fresh Whole Granny Smith Apples
Whole Granny Smith apples, used fresh.
Fresh Whole Pacific Herring
Whole Pacific herring, used entire rather than as fillet.
Fresh Whole Pacific Pilchard
Whole Pacific pilchard, a sardine relative, used entire.
Fresh Wisconsin Cheese
Cheese produced in Wisconsin, used fresh in small amounts.
Fresh Yorkshire Pork
Pork from Yorkshire pigs, used fresh.
Fresh Yukon Gold Potatoes
Yukon Gold potatoes, used fresh.
Fresh Zucchini
A summer squash, used fresh or cooked.
Fructooligosaccharides
Short chains of fruit sugars that resist digestion, used as a prebiotic.
Garbanzo Beans
The seed of the chickpea plant, the same legume sold under the name chickpea.
Garbonzo Beans
Garden Peas
The immature green seed of the pea plant, used fresh or dried.
Garlic
The bulb of the garlic plant, used in very small quantities.
Garlic Extract
A concentrated extract of garlic.
Garlic Oil
Oil extracted from garlic, used in very small amounts.
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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