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Sweet Potatoes

The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.

Sweet Potatoes

Why It Turns Up In Dog Food

  • Beta carotene for eyes plus soluble fiber that firms up stools.

Other Names For This

Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.

Fresh Sweet Potatoes Organic Sweet Potatoes Whole Sweet Potatoes

Foods That List It

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

Acana Singles Limited Ingredient Diet Beef & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food 35.2% protein Acana Singles Limited Ingredient Diet Duck & Pear Recipe Dry Dog Food 35.2% protein Acana Singles Limited Ingredient Diet Lamb & Apple Recipe Dry Dog Food 35.2% protein Acana Singles Limited Ingredient Diet Pork & Squash Recipe Dry Dog Food 35.2% protein Canidae Pure Grain-Free Healthy Weight Real Chicken & Pea Recipe Dry Dog Food 31.1% protein Canidae Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot Recipe Dry Dog Food 27.8% protein Canidae Pure Grain-Free Real Duck & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food 35.6% protein Canidae Pure Grain-Free Real Lamb & Pea Recipe Dry Dog Food 35.6% 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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