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.
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 Miscanthus Grass
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 Organic Sprouted Barley Seed
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 Pecan Shells
Ground Peppermint
A strongly aromatic variety of mint.
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 Corn
Whole corn kernels ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ left intact.
Ground Whole Grain Sorghum
Whole grain sorghum ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ retained.
Ground Whole Grain Wheat
Whole grain wheat ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ retained.
Ground Whole Rice
Whole grain rice ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ retained.
Ground Whole Wheat
Whole grain wheat ground for digestibility, with bran and germ retained.
Ground Whole White Rice
Whole white rice ground for digestibility.
Ground Yellow Corn
Yellow corn kernels milled to a coarse flour.
Guar
The short name for guar gum, a thickener from the guar bean.
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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.
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