apple pomace

What it is

The solids left when apples are pressed for juice: peel and flesh rich in pectin and insoluble fiber, with most of the sugar gone into the juice. A processing byproduct — and a named, traceable one, which is the distinction this library keeps drawing.

Why it's in pet food

Functional fiber at byproduct prices: pomace firms stools and feeds fermentation in the colon much like beet pulp does, with an orchard word on the label instead of an industrial one. Its presence is honest value engineering, not a red flag.

How Bowlmark scores it

Scores are deterministic math over the printed label — the rules below apply to every product identically, and nothing estimates or fills in a blank.

Because the engine's whole-foods matching is by term, "apple pomace" matches the same "apple" bonus term as fresh apples: +2 inside the top 12, once per label, within the 8-point produce cap. A pressing byproduct earning the whole-food bonus is a quirk of term-level matching worth knowing — the fiber it brings is real either way.

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Foods that list apple pomace

Ranked by score where scores exist. Placement here is never sold.

• ORIJEN Large Breed Adult Recipe88
• ORIJEN Puppy88
• ORIJEN Regional Red88
• ORIJEN Senior88
• ORIJEN Original87
• ORIJEN WILD RESERVE, Farm-Raised Beef & Lamb Recipe84
• ORIJEN WILD RESERVE, Free-run Chicken84
• ORIJEN WILD RESERVE, Wild-Caught Fish Recipe84

Sources

• WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
• MSD Veterinary Manual — dietary management of GI disease

Related ingredients

• apples
• artichoke
• bananas
• strawberries
• tomato pomace
• turnip greens

Further reading

• The marketing dictionary: which label words mean anything
• How to read a pet food label