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
Broccoliveggood1584 products
Burdock Rootveggood1110 products
Butternut Squashveggood1293 products
Cabbageveggood1143 products
Calamarimeatgood14 products
Calcium pantothenatesupplementgood1194 products
Calendulaveggood1391 products
Calsporin Probioticsupplementgood11 product
Capelinmeatgood12 products
Carawayveggood138 products
Carnitinesupplementgood132 products
Carrot Pureeveggood11 product
Carrotsveggood12,055 products
Cartilagesupplementgood125 products
Cartilage Extractsupplementgood13 products
Cauliflowerveggood1111 products
Celery Seedsveggood1118 products
Chamomileveggood1377 products
Chardveggood119 products
Cheekmeatgood14 products
Chia Seedsveggood1194 products
Chicken Breastmeatgood166 products
Chicken Carcassmeatgood131 products
Chicken Gizzardmeatgood137 products
Chicken Heartmeatgood1156 products
Chicken Legmeatgood17 products
Chicken Livermeatgood1345 products
Chicken Muscle Meatmeatgood16 products
Chicken Thighmeatgood113 products
Chicken Wingmeatgood12 products
Chickpeasveggood1237 products
Chickweedveggood115 products
Chicoryveggood1245 products
Chicory Root Extractfibregood1297 products
Chivesveggood11 product
Chokeberriesveggood15 products
Chondroitinsupplementgood11,008 products
Cinnamonveggood1117 products
Citrus Bioflavonoidssupplementgood13 products
Cleaversveggood148 products
Clovesveggood115 products
Coconutveggood1141 products
Codmeatgood169 products
Cod Liver Oiloilgood1143 products
Collagensupplementgood1134 products
Cooked Oystersmeatgood11 product
Coppermineralgood113 products
Copper sulphatesupplementgood176 products
Corianderveggood140 products
Cottage Cheesemeatgood110 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.