turkey gizzard
Turkey gizzards are lean, named muscle-organs in turkey recipes. How Bowlmark scores named organs.
Also appears on labels as: turkey gizzards
What it is
Turkey gizzards are the grinding stomachs of turkeys — lean, dense muscle like their chicken counterparts, appearing in turkey-based wet foods and treats.
Why it's in pet food
Economical named protein that keeps a turkey recipe single-species through the organ slot. The name is the transparency; the tissue is honest muscle.
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.
Turkey gizzard is a named protein source to the engine — the word "turkey" 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.
Foods that list turkey gizzard
Ranked by score where scores exist. Placement here is never sold.
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Further reading
Cite this page
Bowlmark. "Turkey gizzard in pet food — what it is and how it scores." https://www.bowlmark.com/ingredient/turkey-gizzard
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