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Ingredient file // Named animal protein

Beef By-Product

Beef is a great source of protein and amino acids. This beef-by-product features other sources of protein content available besides a raw meat counterpart. This by-product brings a healthy dose of amino acids, omega 3’s and 6’s, and A vitamins. Beef is a complete source since it features all the amino acids that your dog needs in his diet.

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 3068 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

0%

1 of the 3,068 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 1 brand. All dry dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 1. In the top five of 1 food, so it is usually a main ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

100%

Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.

Who leans on it

100%

of the foods that list it are from Purina. 1 brand use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Organ and trimming tissue from cattle, genuinely nutritious and carrying vitamin A, iron and B12, though the exact parts are not specified.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Purina 1

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Soy Flour 100%
  2. Soy Grits 100%
  3. High Fructose Corn Syrup 100%
  4. Water 100%
  5. Wheat Flour 100%
  6. Corn Syrup 100%
  7. Chicken 100%
  8. Soy Protein Isolate 100%
  9. Phosphoric Acid 100%

On the shelf

Foods that list it

1 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.

An ingredient on its own tells you very little. What matters is how much of it there is and where it sits in the list. That is why we weigh the top five rather than reacting to any single name further down. Back to the wiki

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