Meat flavor and digest
Also appears on labels as: liver flavor, chicken liver flavor, pork liver flavor, chicken flavor, beef flavor, tuna extract
Hydrolyzed animal tissue sprayed onto kibble as a palatant. Digest specifically means tissue broken down with enzymes.
Watched ingredients get highlighted on every product panel you open.
- Where it comes from
- Rendering and enzymatic hydrolysis, usually at a dedicated palatant supplier.
- Why it's in the product
- The coating that makes a dry, extruded product worth eating.
- Safety and toxicity
- Regulated and not dangerous.
- Interactions and who should be careful
- When the flavor names a species (chicken liver flavor) you at least know what you are getting. Unnamed animal digest tells you nothing.
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 10 scored products
Lowest scores first. Its presence here is not what drove those scores.
