Ingredient file // Ingredient
Dehydrated Kale
Printed as “Dried Kale” on some labels. Same ingredient.
Kale leaf with its moisture removed and usually ground.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 26 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
4%
98 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 9 brands. 88 dry dog food, 6 dog food topper, 4 wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 22. In the top five of 2 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
0
1st
0
2-3
2
4-5
11
6-10
28
11-20
57
21+
Top five
List position, heaviest first
Above the salt
Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 77% of foods.
Price per lb
Foods with it
$2.68
All foods
$3.23
Median of the cheapest bag price across 66 priced foods, 17% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
36%
of the foods that list it are from Nutro. 9 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- A concentrated source of vitamin K, vitamin C and carotenoid antioxidants at low calorie cost. Used in small amounts.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Amazon best sellers that list it
Rank on Amazon's dog food best seller list, checked October 2026.
Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it
- Chicken Meal 56%
- Chicken Fat 55%
- Chicken 53%
- Natural Flavor 52%
- Flaxseed 37%
- Brown Rice 32%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 30%
- Brewers Rice 26%
- Oatmeal 21%
- Turkey Meal 21%
- Lamb Meal 20%
- Whole Grain Brown Rice 19%
On the shelf
Foods that list it
98 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.
The Honest Kitchen Proper Toppers Grain-Free Chicken Recipe Dog Food Topper50.5% proteinThe Honest Kitchen Proper Toppers Grain-Free Turkey Recipe Dog Food Topper50.5% protein
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Simply Nourish Original Grain Free Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNutro Natural Choice Adult Small Bites , Salmon & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinSimply Nourish Source High Protein Grain Free Adult Dry Dog Food38.9% proteinSimply Nourish Original Grain Free Small Breed Adult Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinSimply Nourish Original Grain Free Adult Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinEvanger’s Super Premium New! Gamebird Recipe with Coconut Oil for Dogs - Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinNutro Ultra Senior Trio of Proteins Chicken, Lamb & Whitefish with Superfoods Paté Wet Dog Food36.4% proteinNutro Ultra Trio of Proteins Chicken, Lamb & Whitefish with Superfoods Paté Wet Dog Food36.4% proteinNutro Chicken Entreé topped with Bites of Real Chicken & Spinach Wet Dog Food40.9% proteinNutro Chicken Entrée Paté with Tomatoes & Carrots Wet Dog Food36.4% proteinNutro Ultra Small Breed, Weight Management, The Superfood Plate with a Trio of Proteins from Chicken, Lamb and Salmon Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinNutro Natural Choice Dry Dog Puppy Lamb and Brown Rice Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinSimply Nourish Original Adult Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinSimply Nourish Adult Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinSimply Nourish Original Weight Management Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinSimply Nourish Original Puppy Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinSimply Nourish Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinSimply Nourish Original Weight Management Adult Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinSimply Nourish Original Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinSimply Nourish Dry Puppy Dry Dog Food32.2% proteinSimply Nourish Original Senior Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinSimply Nourish Source Senior Dry Dog Food37.8% proteinSimply Nourish Original Weight Management Small Breed Adult Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinSimply Nourish Original Small Breed Senior Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinSimply Nourish Limited Ingredient Diet Limited Ingredient Puppy Dry Dog Food32.2% proteinSimply Nourish Original Small Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinSimply Nourish Original Small Breed Adult Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinNature’s Logic Original Pure Naturals Beef Recipe Dry Dog Food34.1% proteinNature’s Logic Original Pure Naturals Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food38.5% proteinNature’s Logic Original Pure Naturals Sardine Recipe Dry Dog Food33.0% proteinNature’s Logic Original Canine Grain Free Dry Kibble: Beef Dry Dog Food33.0% proteinNature’s Logic Pure Naturals Grain-Free Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food36.3% proteinEvanger’s Super Premium Game Bird Recipe with Coconut Oil Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinWysong Epigen Starch-Free Dry Dog Food66.7% proteinWysong Optimal Senior Dry Dog Food44.4% proteinWysong Optimal Performance Dry Dog Food55.6% proteinWysong Optimal Adult Dry Dog Food46.7% proteinWysong Nurture with Quail Dry Dog Food45.6% proteinWysong Vegan Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinWysong Anergen Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinWysong Synorgon Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinWysong Senior Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinWysong Growth Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinWysong Adult Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinWellness Core Bowl Boosters Tender Whitefish & Salmon Dog Food Mixer or Topper37.5% proteinWellness Core Tender Bites Ocean Air-Dried Dog Food Topper37.5% proteinWellness Core Tender Bites Original Turkey & Chicken Recipe Air-Dried Dog Food Topper38.8% proteinPurina One True Instinct Grain-Free Formula with Real Beef Dry Dog Food36.4% proteinNutro Ultra Toy Breed Adult Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinNutro Ultra Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNutro Ultra Weight Management Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinNutro Ultra Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food24.4% proteinNutro Ultra Adult Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinNutro Ultra Puppy Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinNutro Ultra Senior Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNutro Ultra Small Breed Adult Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNutro Ultra Small Breed Weight Management Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinNutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Large Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinOn labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.
An ingredient on its own tells you very little.
What matters is how much of it there is and where it sits in the list. That is why we weigh
the top five rather than reacting to any single name further down.
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