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
Artificial colouringsadditivepoor-19 products
Artificial flavouringsadditivepoor-130 products
Blackcurrant Jellyotherpoor-15 products
Blood Mealmeatpoor-110 products
Caramel Colouradditivepoor-143 products
Carrageenanadditivepoor-111 products
Cassia gumadditivepoor-15 products
Cerealscarbpoor-1302 products
Cow Hoovesotherpoor-12 products
D-Xyloseadditivepoor-11 product
Dextrincarbpoor-11 product
Dextrosecarbpoor-151 products
Digestmeatpoor-1217 products
Digest / Hydrolysed Animal Proteinsmeatpoor-16 products
Dried Subcutaneous Tissuemeatpoor-111 products
EC permitted additivesadditivepoor-14 products
Erythritoladditivepoor-16 products
Eucalyptussupplementpoor-17 products
Fish And Fish By-Productsmeatpoor-12 products
Fish and fish derivativesmeatpoor-112 products
Flavoradditivepoor-1230 products
Gelling agents and thickenersadditivepoor-112 products
Glucosecarbpoor-131 products
Glucose Syrupadditivepoor-124 products
Grape Seed Mealotherpoor-13 products
Greavesmeatpoor-17 products
Greaves Mealmeatpoor-11 product
Ground Pecan Shellfibrepoor-131 products
Horseradishvegpoor-11 product
Humic Acidsupplementpoor-11 product
Hydrolysed Starchcarbpoor-158 products
Hypromelloseadditivepoor-12 products
Maize glutencarbpoor-1232 products
Meat and Animal Derivativesmeatpoor-1306 products
Milk and Milk Derivativesotherpoor-130 products
Monoglyceridesadditivepoor-13 products
Oat Husk Mealcarbpoor-12 products
Oils and Fatsoilpoor-1279 products
Olive Woodotherpoor-11 product
Organic Sunflower Seed Husksfibrepoor-11 product
Palm Oiloilpoor-12 products
Partially Hydrolysed Starchcarbpoor-15 products
Pea Starchcarbpoor-1214 products
Pea Starch Flourcarbpoor-14 products
Pentasodium Triphosphateadditivepoor-111 products
Phosphoric Acidadditivepoor-12 products
Pig Rawhideotherpoor-122 products
Powdered Cellulosefibrepoor-186 products
Propylene glycoladditivepoor-13 products
Protein Hydrolysateotherpoor-1121 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.