What is another name for kibble
What Is Kibble Dog Food & Why Is It Called That? Interesting Facts to Know
Kibble is ground-up ingredients that have been shaped into pellets of different sizes and is a popular food to feed your dog. There are currently so many diet options available for our dogs, which leads to differing opinions about which brand is best.
Its natural to want the best for your pet and to question what makes dog food good or bad. Read on to find out what you should be aware of when it comes to kibble food.
What Is Kibble?
The origin of the word kibble is unknown, and you might wonder how it differs from dry dog food. There isnt any difference; kibble is just another name for dry dog food.
The ingredients that make up kibble are usually meats, fish, cereals, vegetables, legumes, grains, vitamins, and minerals. Kibble size is generally determined by the size of the breed that the recipe is designed for. Puppies, for example, get smaller pellets than adults, and a bigger breed will have larger pieces than a small dog.
Youll find kibble is typically sold in bags, which make storage easy. Kibble pellets have low moisture content compared to tinned food, which may lead your dog to drink more.
How Is Kibble Made?
The ingredients we mentioned earlier are cooked at very high temperatures in a machine known as an extruder. This mixture is squeezed into different shapes and coated with fats and oils. There has been some debate about whether this process results in the food losing some nutritional value.
If the dog food includes grain, the grain is used as a binder to keep the ingredients together when mixed. If the kibble is grain-free, it will use legumes like chickpeas or another starch as a binder.
Just like cooking human food reduces the number of water-soluble vitamins, dog food will lose some nutritional value. However, this is generally considered, and the finished product will provide the vital nutrient content that supports your dog and all it requires for a healthy life. If the kibble is certified balanced and complete by AAFCO (the Association of American Feed Control Officials), it must meet several nutritional requirements. If the ingredients fail to do this naturally, synthetic vitamins and minerals will be added.
Why Choose Kibble?
Commercial kibble is nutrient-rich. Its also convenient, affordable, and tends to provide a large variety of choices for different life stages or needs, like old age or joint problems.
Not all kibbles are the same, so make sure you take the time to research different brands and their reputations. When choosing the best kibble for your pet, familiarize yourself with food labels. Avoid formulas made with preservatives, fillers, or by-products. Choose diets with high-quality, natural ingredients like real meat protein at the beginning of their ingredients list.
What About the Alternatives?
With so many choices out there, some pet parents are abandoning the traditional kibble in favor of raw diets or fresh food. The extrusion process not only diminishes the protein content of the animal meat in dog food but also impairs the nutritional value of the fruits and vegetables.
Even with premium dog food, the quality of the ingredients will never be as good as what you would get from fresh, unprocessed diets. Adding vitamins and minerals back into a food cannot truly replicate the nutrients and benefits lost through the harsh cooking process.
Final Thoughts
When choosing the right dog food, there are no wrong answers if you pick a diet based on what is nutritionally beneficial to your dog. This is somewhat nave because factors like cost, convenience, and storage space are incredibly important. Kibble has developed a reputation for being unhealthy, which isnt true for all dry dog food. Ask your veterinarian for advice if youre ever unsure where to start.
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Kibble
Used to tame creatures around the Arks
Kibble are food items used to tame creatures more quickly and with higher affinity, allowing players to save time and end up with better stats on their tamed pet.
The Kibble system was reworked with the ARK: Homestead update and is currently available on every platform excluding Mobile. Instead of Kibbles based on eggs, the Kibbles are replaced by quality-based types: 
Basic, 
Simple, 
Regular, 
Superior, 
Exceptional, and 
Extraordinary. The egg-based Kibbles are still in the game and are able to be used; Additionally they are categorized into one of the 6 quality-based types.
All 
Eggs (excluding insect eggs, like 
Araneo Egg or Moth Egg) now have a size and can be used to create a corresponding quality-based Kibble.
In Mobile most Creatures have a preferred egg-based Kibble that tames the Creature with the greatest taming efficiency and effectiveness. However, using a Kibble that is not preferred by the Creature is even worse than taming with Raw Meat or Berries.
The Switch version now has access to the new kibble system as the ARK: Homestead update was added in the remake of game.
Usage
Kibble can be used as food when taming a creature. Although all Kibble types will technically work to tame all creatures, certain kibbles will work better for certain creatures. Using the wrong kibble will take longer in the best case, but can also be only 2/3 as effective as using the creature's regular food and will instead decrease the taming effectiveness.
Creatures prefer at least one specific class of kibble, but accept also kibbles of a higher class, e.g. 
Argentavis can most effectively be tamed with Superior Kibble and better, but Basic, Simple, and Regular class have worse results than meat.
The order of effectiveness (in terms of taming duration) in food for taming creatures is:
- Speed values are outdated, just use it as a rough overview
- Scorpions, Dung Beetles, Spiders, Vultures, and Karkinos only
The food value of a Kibble depends on the Creature and the type of food. For Kibble it varies between 20 and 135. Non-favorite kibbles gives only 1/8 of the taming progress than the favorite kibbles.
Kibble is also used for imprinting baby dinos. During care, they may want to be hand fed a randomly selected kibble, including any kibble that is not their species' preferred food. For this reason, having as many types of kibble as possible will allow the imprinting rate to increase.
Recipes
Learning an Engram is not necessary to create kibbles and there are no Engrams available for them, instead recipes are found throughout the world. Follow the same instructions as when cooking with a 
Cooking Pot or 
Industrial Cooker.
In addition to the ingredients listed below, all kibble recipes require a 
Waterskin with at least 25% water in it (any other Water-container works, but will be completely used up regardless of capacity).
When creating Kibbles in an Industrial Cooker which is hooked up to a water irrigation system, no waterskin or other water-container is necessary.
Fertilized eggs can also be used to make Kibble. Breeding creatures is a great way to generate eggs on-demand.
Cooking these kibbles requires a lit Cooking Pot so in addition you need fuel for the fire. It takes 30 seconds to cook 1 kibble in a Cooking Pot.
See also Egg for a list of eggs and their size.
Creatures
The following Kibbles are used to tame the dinos listed below them.
- Basic Kibble
- Simple Kibble
- Regular Kibble
- Superior Kibble
- Exceptional Kibble
- Extraordinary Kibble
- Standalone
Kibble Taming Chart
An overview of the Kibble system.
An overview of Kibble taming requirements and taming in general.
Resources needed for taming as of v297
Using as regular food
Kibble can be used as regular food for tamed dinos. Kibble takes 3 days to spoil, which makes it last longer than most other food types. It also stacks to 100 and weighs little compared to other foods. Kibble can last for very long periods of time when stacked and preserved in a Preserving Bin or Refrigerator (Refrigerator is recommended as the spoilage time is greatly increased).
The amount of food per kibble depends on the type of kibble and whether the kibble is preferred by a particular dino. Most dinos gain 80 food from their preferred kibble, even if other dinos would gain more. There are exceptions; for instance, Daeodons gain 120 food from their preferred kibble (Iguanadon/Superior), which normally only gives 90. Aside from being preferred by a dino, kibbles will give either 60 or 90 food per kibble. Kibbles that give 90 food generally require Prime Meat Jerky and as of v257 are: Ankylo, Araneo, Archaeopteryx, Argentavis, Ichthyornis, Iguanodon, Kaprosuchus, Mantis, Megalosaurus, Microraptor, Moth, Oviraptor, Pulminoscorpius, Quetzal, Rex, Spino, Stego, and Tapejara. All other kibbles give 60 food, unless preferred, of course.
Due to these traits, using Kibble as regular food can be useful on some occasions. Like when leaving your creatures behind for long periods of time, as you have to fill the creatures' inventories less often.
However, farming Eggs is still very time consuming and expensive, so generally it is not recommended to use as regular Dino food. When using Kibble for this purpose, it is advised to use Kibble types that are easy to make, like the Basic Kibble.
Recipes (Legacy and Mobile)
This creature, item, or feature was removed from the game. This page remains for historical reasons.
More info: This item was removed in v293.100.
 | This section is about a feature exclusively available on Mobile |
Although these Kibbles are no longer craftable for PC and Console, they are still craftable in ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile. They can be crafted in the Cooking Pot, Industrial Cooker, or the 
TEK Kibble Processor (Mobile).
The value of the Kibble is used to determined the necessary amount of Kibble needed when using the TEK Kibble Processor (Mobile), and the Crafting yield.
In-game recipe for kibbles in general
| Kibble | Egg | Plant Matter | Other Ingredient(s) | Favorite Kibble for | Kibble Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kibble (Allosaurus Egg) |  Allosaurus Egg |  Savoroot |  Cooked Prime Meat |  Tapejara,  Royal Griffin ** | 10 |
| Kibble (Ankylo Egg) |  Ankylo Egg | Savoroot |  Prime Meat Jerky |  Carno | 5 |
| Kibble (Araneo Egg)* |  Araneo Egg |  Rockarrot | Prime Meat Jerky | N/A | |
| Kibble (Archaeopteryx Egg) |  Archaeopteryx Egg |  Longrass |  Cooked Fish Meat |  Diplocaulus | 3 |
| Kibble (Argentavis Egg) |  Argentavis Egg |  Citronal | Prime Meat Jerky |  Spino | 10 |
| Kibble (Baryonyx Egg) |  Baryonyx Egg | Savoroot |  Raw Fish Meat |  Megatherium | 5 |
| Kibble (Bronto Egg) |  Bronto Egg | Rockarrot |  Cooked Meat Jerky |  Sabertooth | 15 |
| Kibble (Carbonemys Egg) |  Turtle Egg | Rockarrot | Prime Meat Jerky |  Brontosaurus | 5 |
| Kibble (Carno Egg) |  Carno Egg | Savoroot |  Cooked Meat |  Trike,  Direwolf,  Dire Bear | 5 |
| Kibble (Compy Egg) |  Compy Egg | Citronal | Cooked Fish Meat |  Iguanodon | 1 |
| Kibble (Dilo Egg) |  Dilo Egg | Citronal | Cooked Meat Jerky |  Ankylo,  Doedicurus,  Equus,  Pachy | 1 |
| Kibble (Dimetrodon Egg) |  Dimetrodon Egg | Citronal | Cooked Meat Jerky |  Gallimimus | 5 |
| Kibble (Dimorph Egg) |  Dimorph Egg | Longrass |  Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky |  Megaloceros | 3 |
| Kibble (Diplo Egg) |  Diplo Egg | Savoroot |  Rare Flower |  Allosaurus | 5 |
| Kibble (Dodo Egg) |  Dodo Egg | Rockarrot | Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky |  Pteranodon,  Ichthyosaurus,  Mesopithecus | 1 |
| Kibble (Gallimimus Egg) |  Gallimimus Egg | Savoroot | Cooked Meat Jerky |  Terror Bird,  Castoroides | 3 |
| Kibble (Griffin Egg) |  Griffin Egg | SavorootLongrassCitronal | Cooked Prime Meat Snake Plant Seeds | Royal Griffin,  Unicorn | 30 |
| Kibble (Iguanodon Egg) |  Iguanodon Egg |  Rare Mushroom | Prime Meat Jerky |  Daeodon | 5 |
| Kibble (Kairuku Egg) |  Kairuku Egg | Savoroot | Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky |  Angler | 1 |
| Kibble (Kaprosuchus Egg) |  Kaprosuchus Egg | Savoroot | Prime Meat Jerky | 5 | |
| Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg) |  Lystro Egg | Rockarrot |  Cooked Prime Meat, Cooked Prime Fish Meat, or Prime Meat Jerky |  Diplodocus | 1 |
| Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) |  Megalosaurus Egg | Rockarrot | 2Prime Meat Jerky |  Therizinosaur | 15 |
| Kibble (Moschops Egg) |  Moschops Egg | Savoroot | Cooked Meat Jerky |  Purlovia | 10 |
| Kibble (Oviraptor Egg) |  Oviraptor Egg | Longrass | Prime Meat Jerky |  Megalosaurus | 3 |
| Kibble (Pachy Egg) |  Pachy Egg | Citronal | Cooked Meat |  Paracer | 3 |
| Kibble (Pachyrhino Egg) |  Pachyrhino Egg | Citronal |  Cooked Prime Fish Meat |  Baryonyx | 5 |
| Kibble (Parasaur Egg) |  Parasaur Egg | Longrass | Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky |  Raptor | 1 |
| Kibble (Pegomastax Egg) |  Pegomastax Egg | Citronal |  Raw Prime Fish Meat | ? | |
| Kibble (Pelagornis Egg) |  Pelagornis Egg | Citronal | 10 Chitin |  Archaeopteryx | 5 |
| Kibble (Pteranodon Egg) |  Pteranodon Egg | Rockarrot | Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky |  Carbonemys | 3 |
| Kibble (Pulmonoscorpius Egg) | Pulmonoscorpius Egg | Longrass | Prime Meat Jerky |  Rex,  Beelzebufo | 5 |
| Kibble (Quetzal Egg) |  Quetzal Egg | 3Rockarrot | 3Prime Meat Jerky |  Mosasaurus,  Giganotosaurus,  Dimetrodon | 15 |
| Kibble (Raptor Egg) |  Raptor Egg | Longrass | Cooked Meat Jerky |  Mammoth | 3 |
| Kibble (Rex Egg) |  Rex Egg | Longrass | Prime Meat Jerky |  Plesiosaur,  Quetzal | 15 |
| Kibble (Sarco Egg) |  Sarco Egg | Rockarrot | Cooked Meat Jerky |  Stegosaurus | 5 |
| Kibble (Spino Egg) |  Spino Egg | Savoroot | Prime Meat Jerky |  Megalodon | 10 |
| Kibble (Stego Egg) |  Stego Egg | Citronal | Prime Meat Jerky | Argentavis | 5 |
| Kibble (Tapejara Egg) |  Tapejara Egg | Rockarrot | Cooked Prime Meat |  Kaprosuchus | 10 |
| Kibble (Terror Bird Egg) |  Terror Bird Egg | Citronal | Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky |  Woolly Rhino | 5 |
| Kibble (Therizinosaurus Egg) |  Therizino Egg | Citronal |  AnglerGel |  Basilosaurus | 15 |
| Kibble (Titanboa Egg) |  Titanoboa Egg | Longrass | Cooked Meat Jerky |  Gigantopithecus,  Dunkleosteus | 10 |
| Kibble (Trike Egg) |  Trike Egg | Savoroot | Cooked Meat Jerky |  Sarco | 3 |
* = This Kibble is not craftable.
** = This Creature prefers another Kibble over this one, but this Kibble can still be used to tame the Creature effectively.
Creatures (Mobile)
| This section is about a feature exclusively available on Mobile |
- Dilophosaur
- Pulmonoscorpius
- Dodo
- Titanoboa
- Lystrosaurus
- Compy
- Dimorphodon
- Kairuku
- Moschops
- Oviraptor
- Pachyrhinosaurus
- Parasaur
- Royal Griffin
- Standalone
Super Kibble (Mobile)
| This section is about a feature exclusively available on Mobile |
Super Kibble (Mobile) is a type of Kibble exclusive to ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile.
These Kibbles can be crafted in a Cooking Pot or in an Industrial Cooker by substituting the normal Egg with a Super Fertilized Egg (Mobile). They can be used to tame Creatures faster and with greater 
Taming effectiveness.
Notes
- When using Kibble to passive tame by placing it in the last slot of your hotbar, be aware that if a Pegomastax steals it, it will eat the entire stack!
- If you are trying to make kibble and nothing is being produced with correct ingredients, try making a cooking pot or industrial cooker. Some updates render a crafting station disfunctional in a way.
- Kibble used to not work on the official Primitive + mod, but now works as intended.
