INGREDIENT
Meat and Bone Meal
A rendered product made from mammal tissue including bone, without specifying the animal.
Why It Turns Up In Dog Food
- A concentrated protein that also supplies calcium and phosphorus from the bone. The unnamed source makes it less transparent than a species-specific meal.
Foods That List It
A few of the recipes in the archive with this on the label.
Cesar Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Dry Dog Food
29.5% protein
Cesar Rotisserie Chicken Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Dry Dog Food
29.5% protein
Ol’ Roy Complete Nutrition Small Bites Complete Nutrition Chicken and Rice Flavor Dry Dog Food
23.3% protein
Ol’ Roy Puppy Complete Chicken and Oatmeal Flavor Dry Dog Food
30.7% protein
Pedigree Adult , Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Dry Dog Food
23.9% protein
Pedigree Adult Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor Dry Dog Food
23.9% protein
Pedigree Adult Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor Dry Dog Food
23.9% protein
Pedigree Big Dogs Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Dry Dog Food
25.0% 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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