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.
Ingredient	Category	Grade	Base score	Used in
Leaf tripe	meat	medium	0.6	1 product
Liver Hydrolysate	meat	medium	0.6	21 products
Marrow	meat	medium	0.6	9 products
Milk Protein	meat	medium	0.6	11 products
Mixed crab meal	meat	medium	0.6	3 products
Pig's Ear	meat	medium	0.6	9 products
Seaweed / Algae	supplement	medium	0.6	2 products
Tongue	meat	medium	0.6	15 products
Tripe	meat	medium	0.6	165 products
Veal Rumen	meat	medium	0.6	1 product
Zinc sulfate	supplement	medium	0.6	72 products
Coneflower Herb (Echinacea)	supplement	medium	0.55	4 products
Date	fruit	medium	0.55	3 products
Extruded Linseed	oil	medium	0.55	4 products
Hydrolyzed Turkey	meat	medium	0.55	18 products
Acacia Gum	additive	medium	0.5	4 products
Acetic acid	additive	medium	0.5	1 product
Agar-agar	additive	medium	0.5	40 products
Alfalfa Meal	fibre	medium	0.5	53 products
Alfalfa Pellets	fibre	medium	0.5	8 products
Alfalfa Powder	fibre	medium	0.5	8 products
Algae Lime	mineral	medium	0.5	22 products
Algal Lime	mineral	medium	0.5	2 products
Alginate	additive	medium	0.5	18 products
Andean salt	supplement	medium	0.5	8 products
Angelica	supplement	medium	0.5	7 products
Annatto Extract	additive	medium	0.5	6 products
Antioxidants	additive	medium	0.5	124 products
Apple Cider Vinegar	additive	medium	0.5	146 products
Apple Sauce	fruit	medium	0.5	3 products
Aronia Berry Pomace	fibre	medium	0.5	1 product
Bacon	meat	medium	0.5	10 products
Baked wholewheat biscuits	carb	medium	0.5	1 product
Baking powder	additive	medium	0.5	18 products
Bamboo	veg	medium	0.5	1 product
Bamboo Fibre	fibre	medium	0.5	4 products
Barley	carb	medium	0.5	402 products
Bay Laurel	veg	medium	0.5	3 products
Bay Leaf	veg	medium	0.5	16 products
Bearberry	veg	medium	0.5	4 products
Beef	meat	medium	0.5	1,057 products
Beef Ears	meat	medium	0.5	9 products
Beef Fat	oil	medium	0.5	97 products
Beef Lips	meat	medium	0.5	5 products
Beet Fibre	fibre	medium	0.5	64 products
Beet Flour	carb	medium	0.5	6 products
Beet Pulp	fibre	medium	0.5	1,982 products
Beetroot Pulp	fibre	medium	0.5	1 product
Bentonite And Bentonite Montmorillonite	additive	medium	0.5	6 products
Birch Leaf	veg	medium	0.5	3 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.