whitefish meal

Fish

Whitefish meal is a named catch-group in concentrated form — lake-and-cold-water species rendered dense, earning the named-meal bonus without the anonymity asterisk.

Also appears on labels as: white fish meal

What it is

Rendered meal from whitefish — a recognized catch group of lean, mild cold-water species. Rendering concentrates the protein several-fold over the fresh fish.

Why it's in pet food

Fish-protein density at the lean end of the aisle: the fish aisle's lean-vs-oily rule applies — protein yes, omega modest.

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.

Named-meal mechanics (+12 first / +8 top-3). Note the wording ladder: 'whitefish meal' (one word) names a catch group; 'white fish meal' (two words) is the unnamed wording and prices differently. Since the 2026-08 matcher update, naming your species exempts the ingredient from unnamed-fish deductions — the bonus and the asterisk can no longer land on the same ingredient.

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Bowlmark. "Whitefish meal in pet food — what it is and how it scores." https://www.bowlmark.com/ingredient/whitefish-meal

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