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  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Verified Pet Food Data — https://verifiedpetfooddata.com",
  "url": "https://verifiedpetfooddata.com/ingredients/generic-meat/",
  "generated": "2026-08-28",
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    "display_name": "Generic \"Meat\" (unspecified species)",
    "category": "protein",
    "aliases": [
      "meat",
      "meat product",
      "meat products"
    ],
    "stance": "caution",
    "evidence_strength": "moderate",
    "note": "The unqualified term 'meat' names no species. AAFCO defines 'meat' as the clean flesh of slaughtered mammals but does not identify which mammal, so the source can differ between batches and the ingredient cannot be used to avoid a specific-species allergy. This is a label-transparency limitation; there is no evidence that meeting the AAFCO 'meat' definition makes an ingredient unsafe or nutritionally inadequate.",
    "citations": [
      {
        "source": "AAFCO — What's in the Ingredients List?",
        "year": 2024,
        "url": "https://www.aafco.org/consumers/understanding-pet-food/whats-in-the-ingredients-list/"
      },
      {
        "source": "AAFCO — Reading Labels",
        "year": 2024,
        "url": "https://www.aafco.org/consumers/understanding-pet-food/reading-labels/"
      }
    ]
  },
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    "foods_containing": 7,
    "corpus_pct": 0.3,
    "dog_foods": 1,
    "dog_pct": 0.09,
    "cat_foods": 6,
    "cat_pct": 0.48,
    "in_first_five_ingredients": 7,
    "by_form": {
      "wet": 7
    },
    "priced_foods": 3,
    "counting_note": "Counts what manufacturers print on the label. An ingredient present via another component (e.g. a preservative already in fish meal) need not be declared separately, so this is a floor, not a ceiling. Labels never disclose inclusion rate."
  },
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      "name": "PEDIGREE® Puppy Wet Food – Chicken & Beef Dinner",
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      "est_carbs_dm_pct": 6.8,
      "cost_per_1000kcal": 4.031
    },
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