Ingredient glossary

Browse 1,151 ingredients used by products in our catalogue. Classified ingredients are graded good, medium or poor; ungraded ingredients stay neutral until we classify them. Open an ingredient to see which products use it.

Ingredient grades and the number of UK dog food products that list each ingredient. Use the column headings to sort the table.
IngredientCategoryGradeBase scoreUsed in
Acaiveggood113 products
Acerolaveggood12 products
Agrimonyveggood13 products
Alachameatgood17 products
Alfalfaveggood1562 products
Alfalfa Sproutsveggood12 products
Algae Oiloilgood178 products
Aloe Veraveggood134 products
Altheaveggood112 products
Amaranthcarbgood150 products
Anchoviesmeatgood116 products
Anchovy Oiloilgood14 products
Aniseedveggood1132 products
Applesveggood1963 products
Apricotveggood117 products
Artichokeveggood169 products
Artichoke Extractveggood12 products
Ascophyllum Nodosumsupplementgood143 products
Asparagusveggood1100 products
Bacillus Velezensissupplementgood14 products
Bananaveggood1162 products
Barley grasscarbgood118 products
Basilveggood1163 products
Beef Heartmeatgood1219 products
Beef Livermeatgood1439 products
Beef Lung & Beef Tripemeatgood11 product
Beef Neck Tendonmeatgood12 products
Beef Skinmeatgood129 products
Beef Steakmeatgood12 products
Beetrootveggood1296 products
Beta Carotenesupplementgood115 products
Beta-Glucanssupplementgood1143 products
Bifidobacterium brevesupplementgood16 products
Bifidobacterium infantissupplementgood11 product
Bilberriesveggood156 products
Bilberry Powderveggood139 products
Bisonmeatgood112 products
Black Cumin Oiloilgood15 products
Black Soldier Flymeatgood12 products
Blackberriesveggood1109 products
Blackcurrantveggood1148 products
Blueberriesveggood1822 products
Borage Seedsveggood11 product
Borage oiloilgood163 products
Boswellia Serratasupplementgood134 products
Brewer's Yeastsupplementgood1896 products
Broccoliveggood1584 products
Burdock Rootveggood1110 products
Butternut Squashveggood1293 products
Cabbageveggood1143 products

Base scores run from -1 to 1; higher is better. They are inputs to the whole-recipe rating, not product scores themselves. How ingredient scoring works.