Carrageenan

Carrageenan thickens canned food and adds zero nutrition. The honest state of the science: the truly harmful form (“degraded” carrageenan / poligeenan) is banned from food and isn’t what’s used. The food-grade form is cleared as safe by the FDA, EFSA and the WHO. But a stubborn line of research argues it can partly break down to the harmful form in the stomach and irritate the gut — unresolved, and hotly disputed. Since it does nothing nutritionally, it’s a reasonable one to skip if your pet has a sensitive stomach or IBD. Not a poison; a judgment call.