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.
Organic Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and…
Organic Chickpeas
The seed of the chickpea plant, also sold as the garbanzo bean.
Organic Coconut
The flesh of the coconut, used fresh, dried or shredded.
Organic Cranberries
The whole fruit of the cranberry, included fresh or dried.
Organic Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal
Organic Dehydrated Chicken
Chicken with its moisture removed by drying, leaving a concentrated poultry ingredient.
Organic Dried Dulse Powder
Organic Dried Ground Peas
Organically grown peas, dried and ground.
Organic Dried Seaweed Meal
Seaweed dried and ground into a meal.
Organic Dried Tomatoes
Tomatoes with the moisture removed.
Organic Fair-Trade Quinoa
Quinoa grown organically and traded under fair-trade certification.
Organic Flaxseed
The seed of the flax plant, used whole or ground.
Organic Flaxseed Meal
Flax seed ground into a meal, usually after some oil is pressed out.
Organic Garlic
The bulb of the garlic plant, used in very small quantities.
Organic Grain Sorghum
The grain of the sorghum plant, a gluten-free cereal also known as milo.
Organic Ground Alfalfa Sun-Cured
Sun-cured alfalfa, ground, and organically grown.
Organic Ground Barley
The grain of the barley plant, one of the older cultivated cereals.
Organic Ground Brown Rice
Rice with only the inedible outer hull removed, so the bran and germ stay on the grain.
Organic Ground Oats
The grain of the oat plant.
Organic Ground Sunflower Seed
Organically grown sunflower seed, ground.
Organic Guar Gum
A thickener extracted from the seed of the guar bean.
Organic Kale
A leafy brassica used fresh or dried.
Organic Kelp
Dried seaweed, used as a natural mineral source.
Organic Liver
Liver used without the animal being named.
Organic Millet
The small round seed of the millet plant, a gluten-free cereal.
Organic Oatmeal
Oats that have been rolled or ground, used as a whole grain carbohydrate.
Organic Oats
The grain of the oat plant.
Organic Olive Oil
Oil pressed from olives, used as a fat and flavor source.
Organic Parsley
The leaf of the parsley plant, used in small quantities.
Organic Pea Flour
Flour milled from dried peas, carrying both the protein and the starch of the whole pea.
Organic Pea Protein
The protein fraction separated out from peas after the starch and fiber have been removed.
Organic Pea Starch
The starch fraction separated out from peas after the protein and fiber are removed.
Organic Pear
Organically grown pear.
Organic Peas
The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Organic Potatoes
The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Organic Poultry Liver
The liver of poultry, without the bird being named.
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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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