Chicken Fat

Chicken Fat appears on the labels of 109 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (45 percent of the database), in label forms including Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Chicken Fat, chicken fat, Chicken fat, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols) and 1 more label forms.

What it is

Fat rendered from chicken and added back as a named ingredient, usually preserved with mixed tocopherols.

Why makers use it

Fat is the densest energy in the recipe and carries much of its smell and flavor; dogs read a food largely through its fat.

What to watch for

A named fat is a transparency plus: the buyer knows the species. Where the fat sits in the panel order matters, because everything above it outweighs it.

Highest scoring recipes that carry it

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

Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack), Mixed Tocopherols, Salt, Choline Chloride. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.