Meat & Bone Meal
cautionMeat & Bone Meal is an ingredient that appears in a number of pet foods. Based on veterinary research, this ingredient has worth keeping an eye on. Below, we explain what we found and list the products that include it.
Why it's flagged
A generic rendered ingredient where the animal source isn't identified. It could be any mammal. FDA testing has found contamination issues with unnamed meat meals, and the protein quality can vary wildly from batch to batch. Named meals like 'chicken meal' or 'turkey meal' are more transparent because you know exactly what species you're feeding.
Sources
- FDA/CVM pentobarbital surveys 1998-2000 (60% positive rate in top-3 MBM)
- Shirley & Parsons 2001, Poultry Science (ash 9-63%, protein 38-67%)
- FDA Warning Letters: Evanger's 2017, JBS Souderton 2019
We found Meat & Bone Meal in 52 of the products we analyzed.
Products containing Meat & Bone Meal
Rotisserie Chicken Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Small Breed
Cesar
High Protein Real Beef Recipe
Dog Chow
Gourmet Blend High-Protein
Buttons & Bows
Complete Adult Beef Flavor
Dog Chow
Gravy Swirlers Chicken & Salmon Flavor
Friskies
Beef, Chicken, & Cheese BBQ Flavor
Temptations
High Protein Beef & Lamb Flavor
Pedigree
Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Flavor
Pedigree
Tasty Morsels Natural Chicken Flavor
Big Red
Adult Seafood Medley Flavor
Temptations
Tender & Crunchy Combo
Friskies
Gravy Train Beefy Classic
Gravy Train
Big Red Nuggets
Big Red
Cat Cafe Savory Blend
Cat Cafe
with MarroBites Pieces Steak & Vegetable Flavor
Pedigree
Original Poultry, Liver & Ocean Fish
Kit & Kaboodle
with MarroBites Steak & Vegetable Flavor Pieces
Pedigree
Cat Cafe Gourmet Blend
Cat Cafe
High Protein with Real Chicken
Dog Chow
Daily Essentials Adult Chicken Beef & Salmon
9 Lives
Tender & Crunchy Adult Real Lamb & Turkey Flavor
Dog Chow
Kibble Beef Flavor Complete
Dog Chow
Complete Adult Meat
Big Red
Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Small Breed
Cesar
Small Dog Complete Nutrition Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor Small Breed
Pedigree
Small Dog Complete Nutrition Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor Dog Kibble Small Breed
Pedigree
Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Small Breed
Cesar
Original Blend High-Protein
Buttons & Bows
Seafood & Fish Medley
Big Red
Tender Bites Adult Complete Nutrition Chicken & Steak Flavor
Pedigree
