Animal Protein Hydrolysate
meat · base score -1
What is it?
Animal Protein Hydrolysate is a meat ingredient. Graded poor: cheap, vague or of questionable value, so it drags a product’s score down.
At a glance
- Category
- meat
- Grade
- poor
- Base score
- -1 (from −1 to 1; higher is better)
- Found in
- 17 products
- Also listed as
- -
Common questions about animal protein hydrolysate
Is Animal Protein Hydrolysate good for dogs?
We grade it as a poor ingredient: typically cheap, vague or of questionable nutritional value, so it drags a product’s score down. One poor ingredient does not make a food bad on its own, but a recipe built from several usually scores low.
How many UK dog foods contain animal protein hydrolysate?
17 UK products list animal protein hydrolysate as an ingredient in our database. The full list is shown below, sorted by rating.
How does Open Dog Food grade animal protein hydrolysate?
We grade it poor, our lowest grade, used for cheap, vague or low-value ingredients. Every ingredient is converted to its dry-matter share and scored from our glossary before a recipe gets its 1-100 rating; the full method is on our methodology page.




