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Canola Oil

Canola Oil appears on the labels of 13 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (5 percent of the database), in label forms including Canola Oil, Canola Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Canola Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols).

What it is

Oil from bred-low-erucic rapeseed, with a milder fatty acid profile than most seed oils and a little ALA.

Why makers use it

An economical fat with a balanced label story, used in place of or beside animal fats.

What to watch for

As with flax, its ALA is a weak substitute for fish oil's EPA and DHA.

Highest scoring recipes that carry it

RecipeScore / 100FormatLife stage
Taste of the Wild Appalachian Valley Small Breed90Dry foodAdult maintenance
Taste of the Wild Ancient Stream89Dry foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild Southwest Canyon88Dry foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild Pine Forest86Dry foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream Puppy86Dry foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild Ancient Mountain86Dry foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild Sierra Mountain84Dry foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream83Dry foodAdult maintenance

The full database, filterable by brand, format, life stage and grains, is the reviews index; the food finder answers it by the proteins a dog must avoid.

Often on the same panels

Taurine, Mixed Tocopherols, Choline Chloride, Chelated and Proteinate Minerals. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.

Sources and method.

The definition is written from AAFCO's ingredient definitions and standard label practice, in our own words. The recipe count and links are computed from our scored recipe database, labels read November 2026; counts move as the database grows.

Last updated: November 2026. Checked against the sources named on this page.