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NAMED ANIMAL PROTEIN

Chicken By-Product

Also printed as “Chicken-By Product” on some labels. Same ingredient.

The parts of the chicken left after the flesh is removed, such as organs and frames, used fresh rather than rendered.

Chicken By-Product

Why It Turns Up In Dog Food

  • Real nutrition from organ tissue, but it is fresh rather than rendered, so much of it is water.

Other Names For This

Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.

Chicken-By Product

Foods That List It

A few of the recipes in the archive with this on the label.

Bil-Jac Adult Select Formula Dry Dog Food 30.0% protein Bil-Jac Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food 25.6% protein Bil-Jac Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food 26.7% protein Bil-Jac Picky No More Large Breed Dry Dog Food 25.6% protein Bil-Jac Picky No More Medium Breed Dry Dog Food 30.0% protein Bil-Jac Picky No More Small Breed Dry Dog Food 28.9% protein Bil-Jac Puppy Select Formula Dry Dog Food 31.1% protein Bil-Jac Reduced Fat Formula Dry Dog Food 18.9% protein
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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