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.
Whole Clove Garlic
Whole unbroken cloves of garlic.
Whole Cracked Pearled Barley
Cracked pearled barley kept whole rather than further milled.
Whole Cracked Pearled Buffalo
A label combining cracked pearled grain with buffalo, most likely a data entry error on a compound ingredient.
Whole Cranberries
The whole fruit of the cranberry, included fresh or dried.
Whole Dressed Chicken
A whole chicken with feathers, head and entrails removed.
Whole Dried Egg
Whole eggs with the moisture removed, leaving a concentrated dry egg ingredient.
Whole Dried Potato
Whole Dry Eggs
Whole Egg Powder
Whole egg dried and milled to a powder.
Whole Egg Product
Egg content processed into a stable dry or liquid ingredient, minus the shell.
Whole Eggs
Whole hen eggs, used fresh or as a processed egg ingredient.
Whole Flaxseed
The seed of the flax plant, used whole or ground.
Whole Grain Barley
Barley with the bran and germ still on the grain rather than polished away.
Whole Grain Brown Rice
Brown rice kept whole, with the bran and germ intact rather than milled away as they are in…
Whole Grain Corn
Corn kernels ground with the bran, germ and endosperm still intact, rather than the degermed endosperm used in…
Whole Grain Ground Corn
Whole corn kernels ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ left intact.
Whole Grain Hulless Barley
Whole Grain Millet
Whole Grain Oatmeal
Whole Grain Oats
Oats with the bran and germ still on the grain rather than milled away.
Whole Grain Rye
Rye with the bran and germ still on the grain rather than milled away.
Whole Grain Sorghum
Sorghum grain with its bran and germ intact, a gluten-free cereal also known as milo.
Whole Grain Wheat
Wheat with the bran, germ and endosperm all left intact, rather than the refined endosperm alone.
Whole Green Lentils
Lentils of the green variety, which keep their skins and hold their shape when cooked.
Whole Green Peas
The immature green seed of the pea plant, used fresh or dried.
Whole Ground Barley
Whole grain barley ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ retained.
Whole Ground Flaxseed
The seed of the flax plant, used whole or ground.
Whole Ground Peas
The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Whole Ground Rye
Whole grain rye ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ retained.
Whole Ground Salmon
Whole salmon ground entire, including the frame, rather than fillet alone.
Whole Hake
Whole Herring
Whole herring, used entire rather than as fillet alone.
Whole Herring Meal
A meal rendered from whole herring rather than trimmings.
Whole Mackerel
Whole mackerel, used entire rather than as fillet alone.
Whole Millet
Whole Oat Groats
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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