poultry by-products
Poultry by-products are unnamed-bird organs and frames — the version of by-products the engine deducts for. Here is exactly why.
Also appears on labels as: poultry by-product · poultry byproducts
What it is
Poultry by-products are the non-muscle parts of unspecified birds. Two uncertainties stack: "by-products" covers a changeable mix of tissues, and "poultry" covers a changeable mix of species. Chicken by-products resolve the second one; this term resolves neither.
Why it's in pet food
Maximum sourcing flexibility at minimum cost. The tissues can be perfectly nutritious — that is not the problem the label reader has. The problem is that nothing on the label commits the maker to anything specific.
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.
"Poultry" names no species, so poultry by-products take the ingredient-quality pillar's 20-point unnamed-source deduction — one deduction for the class regardless of how many unnamed terms appear. The zero-point by-products informational note also shows: the tissue type was never the issue; the anonymity is.
Foods that list poultry by-products
Ranked by score where scores exist. Placement here is never sold.
- Purina Pro Plan Sensitive Skin & Stomach Chicken Entrée Grain Free Classic79
- Friskies Paté Ocean Whitefish & Tuna Dinner76
- Purina Pro Plan Urinary Tract Health Turkey & Giblets Entree Classic74
- Friskies Extra Gravy Paté With Chicken In Savory Gravy71
- Friskies Extra Gravy Paté With Salmon In Savory Gravy71
- Friskies Extra Gravy Paté With Tuna In Savory Gravy71
- Friskies Extra Gravy Paté With Turkey In Savory Gravy71
- Friskies Ocean Favorites Paté With Salmon, Brown Rice & Peas71
Compare foods that list poultry by-products
Same species, same form, both scored — closest scores first, so the comparison is a real one.
- Friskies Extra Gravy Paté With Chicken In Savory Gravy vs Friskies Extra Gravy Paté With Salmon In Savory Gravy
- Friskies Extra Gravy Paté With Chicken In Savory Gravy vs Friskies Extra Gravy Paté With Tuna In Savory Gravy
- Friskies Extra Gravy Paté With Chicken In Savory Gravy vs Friskies Extra Gravy Paté With Turkey In Savory Gravy
- Friskies Extra Gravy Paté With Chicken In Savory Gravy vs Friskies Ocean Favorites Paté With Salmon, Brown Rice & Peas
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Bowlmark. "Poultry by-products in pet food — what it is and how it scores." https://www.bowlmark.com/ingredient/poultry-by-products
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