INGREDIENT
Corn Gluten Meal
The protein-rich fraction left after corn is processed to remove its starch, germ and bran.
Why It Turns Up In Dog Food
- Cheap way to lift the protein figure. Weak on some amino acids, so meat should lead the list.
Foods That List It
A few of the recipes in the archive with this on the label.
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
Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
21.1% protein
Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food
26.7% protein
Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food
26.7% protein
Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food
26.7% protein
Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Large Breed Chicken Meal & Oats Recipe Dry Dog Food
26.7% 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.
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