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
Green Beansveggood1123 products
Green Teaveggood1297 products
Green-Lipped Musselsupplementgood1444 products
Guinea Fowlmeatgood15 products
Haddockmeatgood158 products
Hakemeatgood120 products
Heartmeatgood1264 products
Hemp Oiloilgood181 products
Hemp Seedsveggood137 products
Hermetia Illucensmeatgood15 products
Hermetia Illucens Larvaemeatgood111 products
Herringmeatgood198 products
Herring Oiloilgood16 products
Hokimeatgood110 products
Horse Mackerelmeatgood114 products
Hydrolysed Cartilagesupplementgood180 products
Inactivated Lactobacillus helveticussupplementgood193 products
Insect Mealmeatgood113 products
Insect Proteinmeatgood144 products
Insect Pureemeatgood12 products
Insectsmeatgood161 products
Ironmineralgood16 products
Iron sulfatesupplementgood195 products
Juniperveggood113 products
Juniper Berriesveggood114 products
Kaleveggood1384 products
Kelpveggood1467 products
Kidneymeatgood1113 products
Krillmeatgood185 products
Krill Oiloilgood12 products
L-Tryptophansupplementgood145 products
Lactobacillus Brevissupplementgood13 products
Lactobacillus Helveticus HA 122 Inactivatedsupplementgood117 products
Lamb Chopsmeatgood11 product
Lamb Kidneymeatgood146 products
Lamb Muscle Meatmeatgood14 products
Lamb Skinmeatgood12 products
Lamb Spleenmeatgood115 products
Lambs Livermeatgood1120 products
Lavenderveggood155 products
Lecithinsupplementgood1120 products
Lemon Balmveggood146 products
Lemongrassveggood13 products
Lindenveggood11 product
Lingonberriesveggood129 products
Linseedveggood11,957 products
Linseed oiloilgood1331 products
Livermeatgood1539 products
Luteinsupplementgood17 products
MSMsupplementgood1316 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.