FAT · PLANT
Animal fat (source of omega 6 fatty acids preserved with bha & citric acid
PETLYTIC SCORE
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50/100 risk index
Animal fat (source of omega 6 fatty acids preserved with bha & citric acid appears in the ingredient lists of thousands of pet foods. Here's what the regulatory record, toxicology data, and veterinary nutrition research actually say about it — not the marketing copy on the bag.
FDA PET STATUS
Not evaluated
FDA HUMAN STATUS
Not evaluated
EFSA STATUS
Not evaluated
NTP CARCINOGEN
Not listed
What Animal fat (source of omega 6 fatty acids preserved with bha & citric acid actually is
Animal fat (source of omega 6 fatty acids preserved with bha & citric acid is a fat commonly found in commercial pet food. It is sourced from plant origins and is classified as watch quality by Chowmark's scoring rubric.
Why it's still in pet food when human food has moved on
Two reasons: cost and regulatory inertia. Pet food regulation lags human food regulation by decades. Premium brands have largely moved away from it. The cheap ones still use it.
WHICH BRANDS STILL USE ANIMAL FAT (SOURCE OF OMEGA 6 FATTY ACIDS PRESERVED WITH BHA & CITRIC ACID
We checked every brand in our database. Here's the partial list — the products with the highest sales volume that still include this ingredient.
No products in our database currently use this ingredient.
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