What Is Actually In Dog Food

Whole Oats

Oats kept whole, with the bran and germ intact.

Whole Pears

The fruit of the pear tree, used with the seeds removed.

Whole Peas

The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.

Whole Pilchard

Whole Pinto Beans

The dried pinto bean, used in grain-free recipes.

Whole Potatoes

The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.

Whole Pumpkin

The flesh of the pumpkin squash, used cooked or dried in dog food.

Whole Red Lentils

Lentils of the red variety, which are hulled and split so they cook down quickly.

Whole Redfish

Whole redfish, used entire rather than as fillet alone.

Whole Rice

Rice kept as a whole grain, with the bran and germ intact.

Whole Rockfish

Whole Silver Hake

Whole silver hake, used entire rather than as fillet alone.

Whole Sorghum

Sorghum grain kept whole, with the bran and germ intact rather than milled away.

Whole Spelt

Whole Sweet Potatoes

The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the…

Whole Wheat

Wheat with the bran, germ and endosperm left intact rather than refined to the endosperm alone.

Whole Wheat Flour

Flour milled from the whole wheat grain, with the bran and germ retained.

Whole Whiting

Wild Boar

Meat from wild boar, used as an uncommon red meat protein.

Wild Rice

The seed of an aquatic grass, not a true rice.

Wild Salmon

Salmon caught in the wild rather than farmed.

Wild Salmon Oil

Oil extracted from wild-caught salmon.

Wild-caught Pacific Salmon

Xanthan

The common short name for xanthan gum, a fermentation-derived thickener.

Xanthan Gum

A thickener produced by bacterial fermentation of sugars.

Xylanase

An enzyme that breaks down xylan, a fiber in plant cell walls.

Yams

The tuber of the yam plant, distinct from the sweet potato.

Yeast

Single-celled fungi used as a nutritional ingredient, without the type being specified.

Yeast Culture

A dried yeast culture including the medium it was grown on, used as a natural source of B…

Yeast Extract

The soluble portion of yeast cells, concentrated into a flavor ingredient.

Yellow 5

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Yellow Peas

The dried yellow field pea, used whole or split in grain-free recipes.

Yellow Split Peas

Yellow peas dried and split along their natural seam.

Yellow Squash

The flesh of the yellow summer squash.

Yogurt

Milk fermented with beneficial bacteria.