Ingredient library

Neutral · Named by-product

Pork by-products

Clean pork parts other than muscle meat, such as lungs, liver, kidneys, blood and fatty tissue, used fresh rather than rendered into a meal. Hair, hooves and teeth are excluded by definition.

Watched ingredients get highlighted on every product panel you open.

Where it comes from
Pork processing plants, using the parts people in the US mostly do not eat.
Why it's in the product
Protein and fat at low cost. Organ meat is genuinely nutrient-rich.
Safety and toxicity
No documented toxicity. As with chicken by-product meal, our reservation is consistency, not danger: the mix of organ, blood and connective tissue can vary batch to batch, and the label gives you no way to see it.

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.