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
Flavour Bioflavexadditivemedium0.44 products
Glyceryl Monostearateadditivemedium0.44 products
Gumsadditivemedium0.43 products
Healing Claymineralmedium0.45 products
Vegetable Extractadditivemedium0.43 products
Vegetable Gelling Agentadditivemedium0.420 products
Vegetable Gumadditivemedium0.44 products
Vegetable Medleyvegmedium0.412 products
Zeolitemineralmedium0.41 product
Whole-Grain Maizecarbmedium0.45115 products
Acacia Gumadditivemedium0.54 products
Acetic acidadditivemedium0.51 product
Agar-agaradditivemedium0.540 products
Alfalfa Mealfibremedium0.553 products
Alfalfa Pelletsfibremedium0.58 products
Alfalfa Powderfibremedium0.58 products
Algae Limemineralmedium0.522 products
Algal Limemineralmedium0.52 products
Alginateadditivemedium0.518 products
Andean saltsupplementmedium0.58 products
Angelicasupplementmedium0.57 products
Annatto Extractadditivemedium0.56 products
Antioxidantsadditivemedium0.5124 products
Apple Cider Vinegaradditivemedium0.5146 products
Apple Saucefruitmedium0.53 products
Aronia Berry Pomacefibremedium0.51 product
Baconmeatmedium0.510 products
Baked wholewheat biscuitscarbmedium0.51 product
Baking powderadditivemedium0.518 products
Bamboovegmedium0.51 product
Bamboo Fibrefibremedium0.54 products
Barleycarbmedium0.5402 products
Bay Laurelvegmedium0.53 products
Bay Leafvegmedium0.516 products
Bearberryvegmedium0.54 products
Beefmeatmedium0.51,057 products
Beef Earsmeatmedium0.59 products
Beef Fatoilmedium0.597 products
Beef Lipsmeatmedium0.55 products
Beet Fibrefibremedium0.564 products
Beet Flourcarbmedium0.56 products
Beet Pulpfibremedium0.51,982 products
Beetroot Pulpfibremedium0.51 product
Bentonite And Bentonite Montmorilloniteadditivemedium0.56 products
Birch Leafvegmedium0.53 products
Birch Leavesvegmedium0.516 products
Bitter Orangevegmedium0.51 product
Black Peppervegmedium0.562 products
Blackstrap molassescarbmedium0.541 products
Bonemineralmedium0.5336 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.