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Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 59 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

2%

44 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 3 brands. 23 wet dog food, 21 dry dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 29. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

5%

Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 95% of foods.

Price per lb

Foods with it $1.93
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 21 priced foods, 40% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

50%

of the foods that list it are from Nutro. 3 brands use it in total.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Nutro 22
  2. Victor 21
  3. Solid Gold 1

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Chicken 52%
  2. Chicken Broth 50%
  3. Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal 41%
  4. Peas 41%
  5. Chicken Fat 39%
  6. Yeast Culture 39%
  7. Carrots 34%
  8. Whole Grain Millet 32%
  9. Beef Meal 32%
  10. Grain Sorghum 32%
  11. Chicken Liver 27%
  12. Animal Plasma 27%
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. Back to the wiki

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