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.
Squash
The flesh of squash, used cooked or dried.
Squid
The whole squid, used as a marine protein.
Starch
The general term for the carbohydrate stored by plants, without the source being named.
Steamed Bone Meal
Animal bone steamed under pressure, then ground.
Steel-Cut Oats
Oat groats chopped into pieces rather than rolled.
Steelhead Trout
Sucrose
Refined table sugar.
Sufficient Water For Processing
Sugar
Refined sucrose, added for sweetness and browning.
Sulfur
The elemental mineral, used in very small amounts.
Summer Savory
The leaf of the summer savory herb.
Sun Dried Alfalfa
Alfalfa dried in the sun rather than by heat.
Sun-Cured Alfalfa
Alfalfa cured in the sun rather than by artificial heat.
Sun-Cured Alfalfa Meal
Sun-cured alfalfa ground into a meal.
Suncured Alfalfa
Alfalfa cured in the sun rather than by artificial heat.
Suncured Alfalfa Meal
Sun-cured alfalfa ground into a meal.
Sunflower Meal
The protein-rich meal left after oil has been pressed from sunflower seed.
Sunflower Oil
Oil pressed from sunflower seeds.
Sunflower Seed Oil
Oil pressed from sunflower seed.
Sweet Fennel
A sweet variety of the fennel plant.
Sweet Peas
Young green peas harvested while still sweet.
Sweet Potato
The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the…
Sweet Potato Dehydrated
Sweet potato with its moisture removed.
Sweet Potatoes
The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the…
Swiss Cheese
Tapioca
A starch extracted from the root of the cassava plant.
Tapioca Flour
Flour milled from the cassava root, used as a grain-free binder and carbohydrate.
Tapioca Root
The starchy root of the cassava plant, used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Tapioca Starch
The starch extracted from the cassava root, used as a grain-free binder and carbohydrate.
Taurine
An amino acid concentrated in heart muscle and the retina.
Tetrapotassium Pyrophosphate
A phosphate salt used to control texture and mineral binding.
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
Thiamine Hydrochloride
A stable salt form of vitamin B1, thiamine.
Thiamine Monohydrate
A hydrated form of thiamine, vitamin B1.
Thiamine Mononitrate
A stable added form of vitamin B1, thiamine.
Threonine
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.
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