dried egg white

What it is

The white (albumen) separated from the yolk and dried: close to pure protein with almost no fat. The famous caveat — raw whites contain avidin, which binds biotin — is a raw-feeding concern; drying and cooking denature avidin, so the ingredient on a label doesn't carry it.

Why it's in pet food

Protein fortification and binding, mostly in treats, toppers, and high-protein recipes where fat is being managed separately. It whips and binds like nothing else in the pantry, which is why bakers — pet and human — reach for it.

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.

Matches the engine's "egg" named-protein term like the rest of the family: 15 points if it leads the list (it almost never does), nothing anywhere else, no flags. The engine does not distinguish white from yolk from whole egg — that nuance lives here, not in the score.

Read the full methodology

Foods that list dried egg white

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

• Taste of the Wild High Prairie Canine Recipe with Bison in Gravy84
• Hill's Science Diet Adult Indoor Ocean Fish Entrée73
• Hill's Science Diet Adult Savory Beef Entrée73

Sources

• NRC Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)
• WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food

Related ingredients

• colostrum
• dried buttermilk
• dried egg product
• dried egg yolk
• dried skimmed milk
• dried whey

Further reading

• Food allergies vs intolerances — what the label can and can't fix
• Protein quality vs quantity — why the % is only half the story