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
Spearmintveggood148 products
Spinachveggood1723 products
Spirulinaveggood1251 products
Spleenmeatgood133 products
Spratsmeatgood134 products
Sproutsveggood131 products
Strawberriesveggood153 products
Sunchokeveggood14 products
Sunflower Seedsveggood1105 products
Sunflower oiloilgood1650 products
Swedeveggood150 products
Sweet Potatoescarbgood11,956 products
Taurinesupplementgood1306 products
Thymeveggood1417 products
Tocopherolsadditivegood1241 products
Tomatoveggood1257 products
Tracheameatgood152 products
Troutmeatgood1181 products
Tunameatgood159 products
Turkey Breastmeatgood15 products
Turkey Carcassmeatgood16 products
Turkey Gizzardmeatgood110 products
Turkey Heartmeatgood148 products
Turkey Muscle Meatmeatgood14 products
Turkey Thighmeatgood19 products
Turmeraidsupplementgood17 products
Turmericveggood1773 products
Turnipveggood128 products
Tyndallized Lactobacillus Helveticussupplementgood17 products
Tyndallized Lactobacillus Helveticus Ha-122supplementgood12 products
Venisonmeatgood1262 products
Vitamin Csupplementgood173 products
Vitamin Ksupplementgood12 products
Watercressveggood121 products
Wheat germcarbgood115 products
Wheatgrasscarbgood1102 products
Whitingmeatgood136 products
Whole Oily Fishmeatgood121 products
Whole Red Figs Cranberryveggood13 products
Whole Saskatoon Berriesveggood121 products
Wild Boarmeatgood178 products
Wild Boar Shankmeatgood11 product
Wild Boar Shouldermeatgood12 products
Wild Duckmeatgood12 products
Yarrowveggood159 products
Yeastsupplementgood1990 products
Yucca Schidigerasupplementgood11,411 products
Beef Heartsmeatgood0.958 products
Horse Heartsmeatgood0.954 products
Lamb Heartsmeatgood0.9511 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.