dried egg yolk

What it is

The yolk separated and dried: where the egg keeps its fat, most of its calories, its choline, biotin, and fat-soluble vitamins. Protein is still present, but energy density is the point — yolk is roughly three times the calories of white, gram for gram.

Why it's in pet food

Palatability and richness. Yolk flavors treats, enriches toppers, and anchors "skin & coat" marketing — the biotin and fatty acids are real, though the doses in a treat are modest. Its calorie density is worth respecting in portion math.

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.

Same engine treatment as the whole family: "egg yolk" matches the named-protein term "egg," so it earns the 15-point bonus only as the first ingredient and is neutral everywhere else. No deduction, no additive flag. The engine scores the label, not the macronutrient split — yolk vs white is context, not points.

Read the full methodology

Foods that list dried egg yolk

No food on the shelf lists dried egg yolk yet. Scan a bag that does and its label joins the catalog — versioned from the day it arrives.

Sources

• NRC Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)

Related ingredients

• dried buttermilk
• dried egg product
• dried egg white
• dried skimmed milk
• dried whey
• dried whole egg

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