Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack)

Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack) appears on the labels of 243 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (100 percent of the database), in label forms including Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Biotin (Vitamin B7), Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1) and 90 more label forms.

What it is

The individually named vitamin additions, E, A, D3, the B complex under their chemical names, that bring a recipe up to a complete profile.

Why makers use it

Base ingredients cannot guarantee vitamin levels after cooking and storage; the pack can, and its names look chemical because vitamins are chemicals.

What to watch for

An unfamiliar name here is not a warning sign. Thiamine mononitrate is vitamin B1; pyridoxine hydrochloride is B6; the label is obliged to use the precise forms.

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

Salt, Selenium Yeast and Sodium Selenite, Choline Chloride, Chelated and Proteinate Minerals. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.