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NAMED ANIMAL PROTEIN

Salmon

Also printed as “Deboned Salmon” on some labels. Same ingredient.

The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.

Salmon

Why It Turns Up In Dog Food

  • One of the best natural sources of EPA and DHA, which show up in coat shine and joint comfort.

Other Names For This

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

Boneless Salmon Deboned Salmon Fresh Boneless Salmon Fresh Deboned Salmon

Foods That List It

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

Artemis Osopure Grain-Free Salmon & Garbanzo Bean Dry Dog Food 26.7% protein AvoDerm Grain-Free Salmon & Vegetables Recipe Dry Dog Food 30.0% protein Blue Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Dog Grain-Free Salmon and Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food 22.2% protein Blue Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Salmon and Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food 22.2% protein Blue True Solutions Perfect Coat Skin and Coat Care Formula Dry Dog Food 26.7% protein Blue Wilderness Adult Salmon Recipe Dry Dog Food 37.8% protein Blue Wilderness Adult Salmon with Grains Recipe Dry Dog Food 37.8% protein Blue Wilderness Large Breed Adult Salmon Recipe Dry Dog Food 35.6% 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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