Natural White Meat Chicken Flavor
Our ingredient score: 2 / 5 · Flavoring · How We Score
Natural flavors with a named source, such as chicken, fish or beef, are used to make food taste better. Because the source is named, it is clear which animal the flavor comes from. Names such as "filet mignon flavor" describe the flavor, not the main ingredients of the food.
Common Questions
Is natural white meat chicken flavor safe for cats?
Natural white meat chicken flavor is a chicken-based flavoring made without chemically synthetic processing and used in small amounts for taste. AAFCO's labeling rules allow the flavor to be named when a listed ingredient provides it. No authority we found raises a concern at typical levels. A cat with a chicken allergy or another medical condition should have its food chosen with a veterinarian.
Source: aafco.org
Why is white meat chicken flavor in cat food?
It is added to make food taste like chicken. The words "white meat" also signal quality to the person buying it. In practice it is a flavoring used in small amounts, and the food's main protein comes from ingredients higher on the list. It tells you the source animal, which a generic natural flavor does not.
What is the difference between natural chicken flavor and natural white meat chicken flavor?
Both are chicken-based flavorings. "White meat" adds a claim about which part of the chicken the flavor comes from, breast rather than dark meat. Neither name has a minimum amount under AAFCO's flavor rule, which only requires that a listed ingredient provide the flavor. For a cat, the two work the same way: they add taste.
Source: aafco.org
Does "natural" on a flavor mean the whole cat food is natural?
No. AAFCO says a flavoring can be described as natural on its own, so a label stating "contains natural chicken flavor" means only the flavoring meets the definition. For the whole food to be called natural, its ingredients must meet AAFCO's definition, apart from added vitamins and minerals that are disclosed.
Source: aafco.org
How does Pettings score natural white meat chicken flavor?
Pettings gives natural white meat chicken flavor 2 out of 5 and lists it as a flavoring. It appears on 1 of the 149 dry cat foods we list. It names its source, which helps, but adds taste rather than nutrition. Each food's page shows how it scores overall.
How Foods With Natural White Meat Chicken Flavor Compare
Natural White Meat Chicken Flavor is on the label of 1 of the 149 dry cat foods we list.