Digest
meat ingredient
What is it?
Digest is a meat ingredient. Graded poor: cheap, vague or of questionable value, so it drags a product’s score down.
Other names on labels: chicken digest, meat digest, protein digest
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animal digest
At a glance
- Base score
- -1 (from −1 to 1; higher is better)
- Found in
- 217 products
Products containing digest
Results reflect the latest label we hold for each product, not a live check of today's recipe. Open a product to see its source and last-checked date.
Common questions about digest
Is Digest 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.
What is digest in dog food?
Digest is a cooked down broth or concentrate usually made from animal proteins, used to improve flavour and palatability. It is commonly sprayed onto dry kibble. It can appear on labels as animal digest or with a named source such as chicken digest.
How many UK dog foods contain digest?
217 UK products list digest as an ingredient in our database. The full list is shown above, sorted by rating.
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What else is digest called on labels?
Manufacturers list it under several names: chicken digest, meat digest, protein digest, animal digest. We match all of these to the same glossary entry when we read a label.
How does Open Dog Food grade digest?
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.