Ingredient file // Ingredient
Dried Aspergillus Orzyae Fermentation Extract
Printed as “Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract” on some labels. Same ingredient.
A dried enzyme extract from Aspergillus oryzae fermentation, spelled here as it appears on the label.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 21 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
5%
122 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 7 brands. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 32. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 97% of foods.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 93 priced foods, 15% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
40%
of the foods that list it are from NutriSource. 7 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Supplies enzymes that help break down starch and protein during digestion.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it
- Chicken Fat 58%
- Chicken Meal 46%
- Turkey Meal 38%
- Peas 36%
- Chicken 34%
- Brown Rice 29%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 27%
- Barley 24%
- Oatmeal 24%
- Flax Seed 20%
- Yeast Culture 20%
- Pea Starch 17%
On labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.