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.
Pork Cartilage
Cartilage from the joints of the pig.
Pork Digest
Pork Fat
Fat rendered from pork tissue, used as an energy source and palatability aid.
Pork Flavor
A flavoring derived from pork, applied to improve taste.
Pork Heart
The heart muscle of the pig, a muscle meat rather than an organ.
Pork Kidney
Pork Liver
The liver of the pig, an organ meat.
Pork Liver Flavor
Pork Lung
The lung of the pig, an organ meat.
Pork Meal
Pork that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Pork Meat and Bone Meal
A rendered product made from pork tissue including bone.
Pork Meat Meal
A meal rendered from pork muscle tissue.
Pork Plasma
The protein-rich liquid fraction of pig blood.
Pork Protein Concentrate
Porterhouse Steak Flavor
A flavoring intended to taste of porterhouse steak.
Potassium Amino Acid Complex
Potassium complexed with amino acids as a mineral supplement.
Potassium Chloride
Potassium Citrate
Potassium Iodide
Potato
The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Potato Fiber
The fibrous portion of the potato, separated from its starch.
Potato Flour
Flour milled from dried potato.
Potato Protein
The protein fraction separated from potatoes after the starch is removed.
Potato Starch
The starch extracted from potatoes.
Potato Starch-Modified
Potato starch treated to improve its thickening behavior.
Potatoes
The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Poultry
The flesh of domestic birds, without the species being named.
Poultry Broth
The liquid produced by simmering poultry.
Poultry By-Product Meal
A concentrated meal rendered from poultry parts left after the flesh is removed, such as organs and frames,…
Poultry Fat
Fat rendered from poultry tissue.
Poultry Heart
The heart muscle of poultry, without the bird being named.
Poultry Liver
The liver of poultry, without the bird being named.
Poultry Meal
A concentrated meal rendered from poultry flesh and skin, without the bird being named.
Poultry Seasoning
A blend of herbs and spices used to season poultry.
Poultry-By-Products
The parts of poultry left after the flesh is removed, such as organs and frames, excluding feathers and…
Powdered Cellulose
Purified plant fiber, most often derived from wood pulp, used as an insoluble fiber source.
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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