Animal fat
Also appears on labels as: animal fat preserved with mixed tocopherols, animal fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), animal fat (bha preserved), animal fat (bha/bht preserved), animal fat (source of omega 6 fatty acids, preserved with bha and citric acid)
Rendered fat with no species named.
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- Where it comes from
- Rendering plants drawing from mixed sources.
- Why it's in the product
- Energy and palatability, at the lowest possible cost.
- Safety and toxicity
- Rendered fat is not dangerous. The flag is twofold: an unnamed source is the least transparent fat you can buy, and this ingredient is where BHA most often hides. Read what is in the parentheses.
- Interactions and who should be careful
- Not usable for a species-specific elimination diet.
We make the longer argument about this one on the bha 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 19 scored products
Lowest scores first. Its presence here is not what drove those scores.
