Cat Food Ingredient Dictionary
Every ingredient we found on the labels of the dry cat foods on Pettings, 324 in all, grouped by type. Open one to see what it is, our ingredient score and which foods list it.
Labels often group added nutrients under one heading: Minerals, Probiotics, Trace Minerals, Vitamins.
Animal Proteins (67)
- Acadian Redfish
- Catfish
- Catfish Meal
- Chicken
- Chicken Bone Broth
- Chicken By-Product Meal
- Chicken Gizzard
- Chicken Heart
- Chicken Liver
- Chicken Meal
- Chicken Neck
- Cottage Cheese
- Crab Meal
- Deboned Cod
- Deboned Duck
- Dehydrated Herring
- Dehydrated Sardine
- Dried Cheese Powder
- Dried Whey
- Dried Whole Milk
- Duck
- Duck Meal
- Egg
- Fish Bone Broth
- Fish Meal
- Flounder
- Freeze-Dried Cod
- Freeze-Dried Turkey Heart
- Freeze-Dried Turkey Liver
- Haddock
- Herring Meal
- Hydrolyzed Pork
- Lamb
- Mackerel Meal
- Meat and Bone Meal
- Menhaden Fish Meal
- Ocean Fish
- Rockfish
- Whitefish Meal
- Pacific Whiting Meal
- Pollock
- Pollock Meal
- Pork
- Pork Plasma
- Poultry By-Product Meal
- Quail
- Rabbit
- Venison
- Salmon
- Salmon Hydrolysate
- Salmon Meal
- Sardine Meal
- Shrimp
- Shrimp Meal
- Smoke-Flavored Salmon
- Sodium Caseinate (Milk Protein)
- Trout
- Trout Meal
- Tuna Meal
- Turkey
- Turkey By-Product Meal
- Turkey Giblets
- Turkey Gizzard
- Turkey Meal
- Whitefish
- Whole Herring
- Whole Whiting
Fats and Oils (19)
Grains and Starches (22)
Legumes and Plant Proteins (18)
Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs (46)
- Alfalfa
- Marshmallow Root
- Apples
- Bananas
- Beet Greens
- Beets
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Broccoli
- Carrots
- Celery
- Collard Greens
- Cranberries
- Dandelion Greens
- Dried Cranberries
- Dried Green Beans
- Dried Kelp
- Fenugreek Seed
- Green Tea Extract
- Juniper Berries
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Sunflower Seeds
- Papayas
- Parsley
- Pomegranate
- Pressed Cranberries
- Raspberries
- Rose Hips
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Sarsaparilla Root
- Seaweed Meal
- Spearmint
- Mint Extract
- Spinach
- Sun-Cured Alfalfa
- Suncured Alfalfa Meal
- Thyme
- Tomatoes
- Turmeric
- Turnip Greens
- Watercress
- Whole Pears
- Zucchini
- Yucca Extract
Fiber (22)
- Beet Pulp
- Butternut Squash
- Chicory Root
- Dried Citrus Pulp
- Tomato Pomace
- Fructooligosaccharide
- Fructooligosaccharides (FOS)
- Grain Distillers Dried Yeast
- Miscanthus Grass
- Ground Pecan Shells
- Inulin
- Lentil Fiber
- Miscanthus Grass
- Oat Fiber
- Pea Fiber
- Powdered Cellulose
- Psyllium Seed Husk
- Pumpkin
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Rice Hulls
- Soybean Hulls
- Squash
Vitamins (17)
Minerals (34)
- Calcium Carbonate
- Calcium Chloride
- Calcium Iodate (Iodine)
- Calcium Sulfate
- Chelated Copper
- Chelated Iron
- Chelated Manganese
- Chelated Zinc
- Cobalt Carbonate
- Copper Sulfate
- Defluorinated Phosphate
- Dicalcium Phosphate
- Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide
- EDDI (Iodine)
- Ferrous Sulfate
- Iron Sulfate
- Magnesium Oxide
- Magnesium Proteinate
- Magnesium Sulfate
- Manganese Sulfate
- Manganese Oxide
- Minerals
- Mono and Dicalcium Phosphate
- Monocalcium Phosphate
- Potassium Chloride
- Potassium Citrate
- Potassium Iodide (Iodine)
- Potassium Sulfate
- Salt
- Sodium Selenite (Selenium)
- Trace Minerals
- Tricalcium Phosphate
- Zinc Oxide
- Zinc Sulfate
Amino Acids and Supplements (31)
- Brewers Dried Yeast
- Chondroitin Sulfate
- Cysteine
- Cystine
- Methionine
- Dried Aspergillus Niger Fermentation Extract
- Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract
- Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product
- Dried Bacillus Licheniformis Fermentation Product
- Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract
- Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product
- Dried Bifidobacterium Animalis Fermentation Product
- Dried Bifidobacterium Longum Fermentation Product
- Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product
- Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product
- Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product
- Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product
- Dried Pediococcus Acidilactici Fermentation Product
- Dried Trichoderma Longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract
- Glucosamine
- Glycine
- Hydrolyzed Yeast
- Arginine
- L-Carnitine
- L-Cysteine
- Tryptophan
- Lysine
- Probiotics
- Taurine
- Yeast Culture
- Yeast Extract
Preservatives (12)
Colors and Flavors (24)
- Animal Digest
- Animal Liver Flavor
- Artificial and Natural Flavors
- Beta-Carotene
- Blue 1
- Blue 2
- Caramel Color
- Chicken Liver Flavor
- Dried Chicken Flavored Gravy
- Dried Vegetable Broth
- Iron Oxide
- Liver Flavor
- Marigold Extract
- Natural Chicken Flavor
- Natural Filet Mignon Flavor
- Natural Fish Flavor
- Natural Flavor
- Natural Salmon Flavor
- Natural White Meat Chicken Flavor
- Red 40
- Titanium Dioxide
- Vegetable Juice for Color
- Yellow 5
- Yellow 6