OrijenLamb Recipe

A red-meat protein, fattier than chicken and with a strong flavor many dogs prefer. Fresh lamb is weighed wet, so it sits higher on the list than the meal form would. Lamb was once the standard novel protein for allergy diets, and with wider use it now shows up as a reported allergen too, though still less often than beef or chicken.

Organ meat from the named animal, or unnamed when the label just says liver. Liver is one of the most nutrient-dense foods there is, rich in vitamin A, copper, iron and the B group, and most pets love the taste, which is why it is used both as an ingredient and as a flavor coating. For allergies, the species is what matters, and beef liver is beef. Unnamed liver can come from any species and may vary by batch.

Almost always rosemary extract, used as a natural antioxidant to keep fats fresh, usually alongside mixed tocopherols. The amounts are tiny. A persistent internet claim links rosemary to seizures in dogs; there is no published evidence for it at food levels. If your dog has epilepsy, ask your neurologist rather than avoiding foods on this basis alone.