Lamb Meal

Lamb Meal appears on the labels of 20 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (8 percent of the database), in label forms including Lamb Meal, lamb meal.

What it is

Lamb rendered and dried to a concentrate before weighing.

Why makers use it

The protein backbone of most lamb recipes, doing the work fresh lamb's water weight cannot.

What to watch for

Historically some lamb meals carried wool and other contaminants, which is why the named, single species form matters and why sourcing is a fair question to ask a maker.

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, Chelated and Proteinate Minerals, Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack), Taurine. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.