NAMED ANIMAL PROTEIN
Pork Fat
Fat rendered from pork tissue, used as an energy source and palatability aid.
Why It Turns Up In Dog Food
- Concentrated energy plus linoleic acid for coat, and it makes food smell appealing.
Foods That List It
A few of the recipes in the archive with this on the label.
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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