Cranberries

Cranberries appears on the labels of 33 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (14 percent of the database), in label forms including Cranberries, Pressed Cranberries, whole cranberries, cranberry, Cranberry Powder.

What it is

Cranberries, dried: a tart berry carrying proanthocyanidins.

Why makers use it

Marketed for urinary tract support, following the human supplement story.

What to watch for

The urinary evidence in dogs is thin; enjoy cranberries as a harmless fruit inclusion, not as a treatment.

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

Mixed Tocopherols, Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack), Dried Chicory Root and Inulin, Rosemary Extract. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.