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- Ingredient panel that includes "Artificial Colors"
- FD&C Blue No. 1
- FD&C Blue No. 2
- FD&C Green No. 3
- Orange B
- Citrus Red No. 2
- FD&C Red No. 3
- FD&C Red No. 40
- FD&C Yellow No. 5
- FD&C Yellow No. 6
- Titanium dioxide
- Added Colors✝
✝ Products that simply specify "Added colors," require that the source of the added color is identified in the ingredient panel.
- Label just says "Artificial Flavors"
- Acetaldehyde (ethanal)
- Acetoin (acetyl methylcarbinol)
- Aconitic acid (equisetic acid, citridic acid, achilleic acid)
- Anethole (parapropenyl anisole)
- Benzaldehyde (benzoic aldehyde)
- N-Butyric acid (butanoic acid)
- d- or l-Carvone (carvol)
- Cinnamaldehyde (cinnamic aldehyde)
- Citral (2,6-dimethyloctadien-2,6-al-8, geranial, neral)
- Decanal (N-decylaldhehyde, capraldehyde, capric aldehyde, caprinaldehyde, aldehyde C-10)
- Diacetyl (2,3-butandeione)
- Ethyl acetate
- Ethyl butyrate
- 3-Methyl-3-phenyl glycidic acid ethyl ester (ethyl-methyl-phenyl-glycidate, so-called strawberry aldehyde, C-16 aldehyde)
- Eugenol
- Geraniol (3,7-dimethyl-2,6 and 3,6-octadien-1-ol)
- Geranyl acetate (geraniol acetate)
- Glycerol (glyceryl) tributyrate (tributyrin, butyrin)
- Limonene (d-, l-, and dl-)
- Linalool (linalol, 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-ol)
- Linalyl acetate (bergamol)
- 1-Malic acid
- Methyl anthranilate (methyl-2-aminobenzoate)
- Piperonal (3,4-methylenedioxy-benzaldehyde, heliotropin)
- Benzoic acid
- Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)
- Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)
- Calcium sorbate
- Dilauryl thiodipropionate
- Erythorbic acid
- Ethoxyquin
- Methylparaben
- Potassium bisulfite
- Potassium metabisulfite
- Potassium sorbate
- Propylene glycol
- Propylparaben
- Sodium metabisulfite
- Sodium propionate
- Sodium sorbate
- Sodium sulfite
- Stannous chloride
- Sulfur dioxide
- TBHQ - Tertiary butylhydroquinone
- Thiodipropionic acid
*Artificial ingredients are those that Petco defines above as artificial colors, flavors and preservatives, determined by referencing guidelines provided by AAFCO and FDA. Substances that are derivatives or mimics of natural compounds are not included in our definition of artificial ingredients. Petco reviews ingredient panels of our products and cannot guarantee the absence of trace impurities from soil, water, air or the ingredient supply chain in any product. Petco reserves the right to re-evaluate these definitions over time.
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