fish broth

What it is

Fish broth is the cooking liquid of fish — water carrying flavor, aroma, and a trace of protein. In wet food it is the moisture base that makes pâtés spreadable and gravies pourable.

Why it's in pet food

Wet food needs a liquid phase, and broth does the job while making the food smell like something a cat will cross a room for. Nutritionally it is close to a rounding error; functionally it earns its slot.

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.

Fish broth moves no score: broth contexts are excluded from the named-protein bonus by design (a broth is not a protein source), and "fish broth" is not among the unnamed-fish terms — the mammal side flags "meat broth", but no fish-broth rule exists today.

Read the full methodology

Foods that list fish broth

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

• Open Farm Wild-Caught Salmon Paté Recipe for Cats89
• Diamond Naturals Whitefish Dinner for Adult Cats & Kittens85
• Fancy Feast Gourmet Naturals Natural Trout & Tuna Recipe85
• Fancy Feast Gourmet Naturals Natural Whitefish Recipe85
• Fancy Feast Gourmet Naturals Natural Wild Alaskan Salmon Recipe85
• Tidecrest Coastal Whitefish Pâté81
• Fancy Feast Classic Paté Salmon & Shrimp Feast78
• Fancy Feast Classic Savory Salmon Feast78

Sources

• WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food

Related ingredients

• catfish
• cod
• fish
• fish meal
• flounder
• green-lipped mussel

Further reading

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