lamb tripe

What it is

Lamb tripe is sheep stomach lining, usually "green" (unwashed) in pet food, with the same strong smell and devoted canine audience as beef tripe.

Why it's in pet food

It makes lamb recipes and toppers compelling to picky eaters while keeping the species story intact. As with beef tripe, palatability is the proven benefit; the folk claims beyond it remain folk claims.

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.

Lamb tripe is a named protein source to the engine — the word "lamb" is what it reads. When it is the first ingredient it earns the 15-point fresh named-protein bonus on the ingredient-quality pillar; in any other slot it earns nothing, because only named meals score in the second and third slots. No deduction applies — an organ sold under its own name is the transparent version of what "by-product" hides.

Read the full methodology

Foods that list lamb tripe

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

Sources

• WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food

Related ingredients

• lamb kidney
• lamb liver
• lamb lung
• liver
• pork liver
• tripe

Further reading

• By-products and meals, without the panic
• Protein quality vs quantity — why the % is only half the story