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Pork

Pork appears on the labels of 37 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (15 percent of the database), in label forms including Pork Liver Flavor, Pork Liver, pork, pork meal, pork liver, Pork and 1 more label forms.

What it is

Pork in fresh, meal or liver form. Pork is a complete protein that many dogs have eaten less often than chicken or beef.

Why makers use it

Value and palatability; pork meal concentrates it, pork liver adds organ nutrients.

What to watch for

Because exposure is lower, pork sometimes serves as the trial protein in elimination diets. Its fat is flavoursome, which picky dogs notice.

Highest scoring recipes that carry it

RecipeScore / 100FormatLife stage
Orijen Tundra98Dry foodAll life stages
Orijen Amazing Grains Regional Red98Dry foodAll life stages
Orijen Regional Red98Dry foodAll life stages
Orijen Wild Reserve Farm-Raised Beef & Lamb98Dry foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild Ancient Prairie94Dry foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild High Prairie Wet91Wet foodAll life stages
Orijen Regional Red Epic Bites Freeze-Dried Food91Freeze-dried foodAll life stages
Orijen Regional Red Freeze-Dried Medallions91Freeze-dried foodAll life stages

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, Selenium Yeast and Sodium Selenite. 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.