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Ingredient file // Named animal protein

Duck by-Product Meal

A concentrated meal rendered from the parts of the duck left after the flesh is removed.

Duck by-Product Meal

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • A concentrated protein made from duck organ tissue, so it carries vitamin A, iron and B vitamins, from a less common poultry species.

On the shelf

Foods that list it

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

Royal Canin Veterinary Selected Protein PD Dry Dog Food21.1% 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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