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.
Sage
The leaf of the sage plant, used in small quantities.
Sage Extract
A concentrated extract of sage leaf.
Salmon
The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Salmon Broth
The liquid produced by simmering salmon, used to add moisture and flavor.
Salmon Hydrolysate
Salmon protein broken down into smaller fragments by enzyme treatment.
Salmon Meal
Salmon that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Salmon Oil
Oil extracted from salmon.
Salmon Skin
Salmon with Ground Bone
Salmon flesh ground together with its bone.
Salt
Sodium chloride, added in small amounts to meet a dog's sodium requirement and to aid palatability.
Sardine Broth
The liquid produced by simmering sardines.
Sardine Cutlets
Cuts of sardine flesh.
Sardine Meal
A concentrated meal rendered from whole sardines.
Sardines
Small oily fish of the herring family, used whole.
Sarsaparilla Root
Sea Salt
Salt harvested by evaporating sea water.
Seabass
Seabream
Selenium
An essential trace mineral, added in tightly controlled amounts.
Selenium Yeast
Selenium bound into yeast, an organic form of the trace mineral.
Sesame Oil
Oil pressed from sesame seed.
Sesame Seed Oil
Shrimp
The flesh of the shrimp, a shellfish.
Silicon Dioxide
Silver Carp
Silver Hake
Smoked Salmon
Salmon that has been smoked.
Smoked Turkey
Turkey that has been smoked.
Sodium Alginate
A thickener extracted from brown seaweed.
Sodium Aluminosilicate
Sodium Ascorbate
A buffered salt form of vitamin C.
Sodium Bicarbonate
Baking soda, used to control acidity.
Sodium Bisulfate
An acid salt used to lower alkalinity and inhibit bacteria.
Sodium Carbonate
An alkaline salt used to control acidity.
Sodium Chloride
The chemical name for common salt.
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
A phosphate salt used as a moisture and texture aid.
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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