INGREDIENT
Folic Acid
A B vitamin, also called folate or vitamin B9.
Why It Turns Up In Dog Food
- Needed to build DNA and to form red blood cells, which makes it especially important during growth and pregnancy.
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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