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NAMED ANIMAL PROTEIN

Chicken Fat

Fat rendered from chicken tissue, used as an energy source and to make the food more appealing.

Chicken Fat

Why It Turns Up In Dog Food

  • Concentrated energy and the linoleic acid behind a glossy coat. Also why dogs find the food appealing.

Foods That List It

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

AvoDerm Original Adult Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food 25.6% protein AvoDerm Original Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food 23.3% protein AvoDerm Puppy Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Formula Dry Dog Food 28.9% protein AvoDerm Small Breed Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food 28.9% protein Blue Seal Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food 31.5% protein Blue Seal Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food 29.2% protein Blue Seal Entrust Large Breed Puppy Chicken Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food 31.5% protein Blue Seal Native Level 2 Chicken Meal & Rice Dry Dog Food 28.9% protein
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