Pet food ingredient

Named meat in dog and cat food

No concern flagged

Short answer

A specific, named animal protein — a stronger sign of quality than vague "meat and animal derivatives".

How it appears on a label

Pet-food labels vary by market and language, and Open Pet Food Facts carries ingredient tags in several languages at once. This class is matched on chicken, beef, salmon, turkey, lamb, duck, tuna, whitefish and related terms, with accents folded so an Italian or French label resolves to the same flag.

How it affects the score

Named meat is a positive finding. It never deducts from a score — it helps floor a clean formula at 50 or above. Open Pet Food Facts has sparse nutrition coverage, so pet scoring is driven by the ingredient list rather than by a nutrition table.

This is not veterinary advice

The flags here are class-level and precautionary. If an animal has eaten something on the toxic list, call a vet or a pet poison-control line — not an app.

Source: AAFCO ingredient definitions

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