Meat by-products
Also appears on labels as: dried meat by-products, liver
Non-muscle parts from unnamed mammals: lungs, spleen, kidneys, blood, bone, and fat trimmings. Excludes hair, horns, teeth, and hooves.
Watched ingredients get highlighted on every product panel you open.
- Where it comes from
- Rendering and processing plants.
- Why it's in the product
- Cheap protein and moisture in canned food.
- Safety and toxicity
- Regulated and not dangerous. The flag is transparency: an unnamed source tells you nothing about quality, species, or consistency.
We make the longer argument about this one on the animal digest evidence page.
General reference, not veterinary advice. Dose, breed, and existing conditions change the answer, so talk to your vet before changing what your pet eats. Think we got this wrong? Tell us and we log it publicly.
Found in 15 scored products
Lowest scores first. Its presence here is not what drove those scores.
