Cat and Dog Food Label Basics

Poultry By-Products
Clean parts of chicken like organs, feet, and heads but no fecal matter.

Poultry By-Product meal
Rendered by-products and no feathers added.

Meat and Bone Meal
From meat and bone but does not contain hooves, hair, blood, manure, hide pieces, stomach, etc.

Tallow
This is hard white fat that is hard to digest.

Animal Digest
This is NOT the stomach content, as the name would imply. This is chemically broken down animal tissue. It does not contain horn, beaks, hair, hooves, feathers, etc.

Fish Meal
Clean and dried fish. Great source of Omega 3 fatty acids and Salmon meal is great for both Omega 3 and 6!

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