INGREDIENT
Tapioca Root
The starchy root of the cassava plant, used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Why It Turns Up In Dog Food
- Digestible and rarely allergenic, which makes it useful in limited-ingredient recipes. Contributes starch energy rather than 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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