fish

What it is

"Fish" — or the European "fish and fish derivatives" — is the broadest fish term a label can print: any species, any mix, changeable between production runs without the label moving a letter.

Why it's in pet food

Collective terms buy the manufacturer sourcing flexibility at the reader's expense. The ingredient may be perfectly good fish; the point is that you cannot know which fish, which matters if your pet reacts to some species and not others.

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.

Plain "fish" carries no deduction today: the unnamed-fish rule flags "fish meal", "fish oil", "ocean fish", and "white fish meal" specifically, and the bare word is not among them. It earns no bonus either — only named species do. The term lists are versioned, advisor-tuned config; if a rule is added, this page changes with it.

Read the full methodology

Foods that list fish

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

• Fancy Feast Gourmet Naturals Natural White Meat Chicken Recipe85
• Fancy Feast Gourmet Naturals Natural Wild Alaskan Salmon Recipe85
• Purina ONE Ideal Weight Tender Salmon Recipe in Sauce81
• Friskies Shreds With Beef In Gravy80
• Fancy Feast Medleys White Meat Chicken Primavera Paté With Tomatoes, Carrots & Spinach79
• Fancy Feast Chicken Feast Classic Paté Senior 7+78
• Fancy Feast Classic Chicken Feast78
• Fancy Feast Classic Paté Chicken Feast Gourmet Wet Cat Food78

Sources

• WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food

Related ingredients

• anchovy meal
• catfish
• cod
• fish broth
• fish meal
• flounder

Further reading

• Protein quality vs quantity — why the % is only half the story
• Storing pet food so it stays the food you bought