Questions about ingredients in dog food?

Yes by products are bad and you do not want them in your dogs food. Meal is okay, importantly you always want to see the meat source as the first ingredient. But no by-products or rendered parts those are not so good. They can be anything and everything nothing living should eat. You never want yellow corn that is a useless filler. Other veggies and fruits are good. BHT, BHA, and Ethoxyquin are EXTREMELY they are carcinogens that they use as preservatives. I only use all natural or holistic foods that are made by companies that specialize in dog foods. Eukanuba, Iams etc are all owned by companies whose interest lie else where and they use poor ingredients. They spend very little to make the food and make tons on selling it. Depending what ingredients as acids and extracts you are takinhg about. There are some good ones. Life's Abundance is one of the most natural and healthiest foods. You can only get it on line. Wellness and Innova are also great foods.