About Kyo's Kitchen

Our Mission

Most food questions dog owners have are urgent and simple: my dog just ate this, is that a problem? We want the answer visible in the first screen, the detail underneath it, and an honest signal about when a vet should be involved.

Every food we publish carries one of four clear labels — SAFE, LIMIT, AVOID or TOXIC — always written out in words, never signalled by colour alone.

Meet Kyo

Who's behind Kyo's Kitchen

Kyo's Kitchen is an independent dog-food information project, written and maintained by Kyo's owner. It isn't a veterinary practice, a brand blog or an anonymous content farm — it's one person, one dog, and a lot of questions that were hard to answer quickly online.

We don't hold veterinary qualifications and we don't claim to. What we do is read the mainstream animal-health guidance carefully, write it in plain language, link to where it came from, and say clearly when something is a question for your vet rather than for a website.

How we research our ingredient guides

Each food entry is researched and compiled from reputable veterinary, animal-health and established pet-care sources. We don't run studies of our own, and nothing here is original scientific research — the value we add is consistent structure, plain wording and visible sources.

• A classification always applies to the specific ingredient and form covered by that guide — not to every version, product or preparation of it.
• Source links appear on the ingredient pages themselves, so you can check the underlying guidance rather than take our word for it.
• Where quantity, preparation or form changes the picture, we deliberately write the more cautious version of the guidance.
• Guidance changes. Pages get updated as better sources appear, and each page shows when it was last updated.

What our safety labels mean

Every food carries exactly one of four labels, and the wording is the same everywhere on the site, including in the ingredient checker:

• SAFE — generally considered suitable for dogs when appropriately prepared and served.
• LIMIT — may be fine, but moderation, preparation or extra context matters.
• AVOID — best avoided based on our current guidance for that ingredient.
• TOXIC — potentially dangerous to dogs and never something to feed intentionally.

These labels describe the individual ingredient we've written about. They don't automatically transfer to an entire commercial dog food, which depends on its full formulation and nutritional balance.

Why some things say NOT EVALUATED

NOT EVALUATED is not a fifth verdict and it does not mean unsafe. It means we don't currently have guidance specific enough to confidently apply one of the four labels to that exact form of an ingredient.

That often happens with things like extracts, oils, meals, organ forms, other processed derivatives and vitamin or mineral label terms — forms that can behave differently from the whole food our guide covers. When that's the case, we'd rather say so than guess.

Editorial Standards

• We don't invent veterinary facts or specific medical claims.
• We present feeding amounts as general guidance that depends on your dog, not as prescriptions.
• We distinguish clearly between generally safe foods, foods needing moderation, foods to avoid and toxic foods.
• We don't publish invented reviews, ratings or testimonials.
• For potentially dangerous foods we point you to a veterinarian or animal poison service rather than attempting to guide treatment.

Everything here is informational. It isn't veterinary diagnosis or advice tailored to your individual dog, and anything urgent belongs with a vet or an animal poison service straight away. Read the full editorial policy for more detail.

Contact

Spotted something that needs correcting, or want a food added to the queue? Head to our contact page — corrections get priority.