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.
Vitamin E Supplement
An essential fat-soluble vitamin, added to meet nutritional requirements and to protect fats from going rancid.
Vitamin K
A fat-soluble vitamin, usually added as menadione, needed for blood clotting.
Vitamins
Water
Plain water, used to make the recipe mixable and, in wet food, to fill the can.
Water Buffalo
Meat from the water buffalo, used as an uncommon red meat.
Water For Processing
Water added so the recipe can be mixed, cooked and canned.
Water Sufficient for Processing
Water added to a recipe so it can be mixed, cooked and canned, as distinct from moisture native…
Watercress
A peppery leafy green of the brassica family.
Well Water
Water drawn from a well.
Wheat
The grain of the wheat plant, one of the most widely grown cereals.
Wheat Bran
Wheat Flour
Flour milled from wheat, generally with the bran and germ removed.
Wheat Germ
The germ of the wheat kernel, the part that would grow into a new plant.
Wheat Germ Meal
Wheat germ pressed and ground into a meal.
Wheat Gluten
The protein fraction separated from wheat after the starch is washed away.
Wheat Gluten Meal
A meal made from the protein fraction of wheat.
Wheat Middlings
The bran, germ and fine particles left after wheat is milled into flour.
Whey
The liquid fraction left after milk is curdled to make cheese.
White Fish
The flesh of any of several lean white ocean fish, used fresh.
White Fish Meal
Whitefish that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
White Rice
Rice milled to remove the hull, bran and germ, leaving the starchy endosperm.
Whitefish
The flesh of any of several lean white ocean fish, used fresh.
Whitefish Meal
Whitefish that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Whole Apples
The fruit of the apple tree, used fresh or dried with the seeds removed.
Whole Arctic Char
Whole Arctic char, used entire rather than as fillet alone.
Whole Atlantic Herring
Whole Atlantic herring, used entire rather than as fillet alone.
Whole Atlantic Mackerel
Whole Atlantic mackerel, used entire rather than as fillet alone.
Whole Barley
Barley with the hull removed but the bran and germ intact.
Whole Blue Catfish
Whole blue catfish, used entire rather than as fillet.
Whole Blue Whiting
Whole Brown Rice
Brown rice kept as a whole grain, with the bran and germ intact.
Whole Butternut Squash
The flesh of the butternut squash, used cooked or dried.
Whole Carrots
The root of the carrot plant, used fresh, cooked or dried.
Whole Catfish
Whole catfish, used entire rather than as fillet alone.
Whole Chicken Thighs
Whole chicken thighs, a darker and fattier cut than breast.
Whole Chickpeas
The seed of the chickpea plant, also sold as the garbanzo bean.
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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