INGREDIENT
Guar Gum
Also printed as “Organic Guar Gum” on some labels. Same ingredient.
A thickener extracted from the seed of the guar bean.
Why It Turns Up In Dog Food
- A plant-derived thickener and stabilizer. It is a soluble fiber, so it passes through largely undigested and adds texture rather than nutrition.
Other Names For This
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.
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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