Ingredient file // Ingredient
Corn Starch-Modified
Corn starch treated to change how it thickens and holds together.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 505 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
0%
5 of the 2,523 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 1 brand. All wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 8. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a supporting ingredient.
0
1st
0
2-3
0
4-5
5
6-10
0
11-20
0
21+
Top five
List position, heaviest first
Above the salt
Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.
Who leans on it
100%
of the foods that list it are from Purina. 1 brand use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Improves texture and binding in the finished food. It is essentially pure starch, contributing energy rather than nutrients.
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
- Wheat Gluten 100%
- Liver 100%
- Meat By-Products 80%
- Soy Flour 80%
- Beef 60%
- Water Sufficient for Processing 40%
- Brown Rice 40%
- Carrots 40%
- Chicken 40%
- Medium-Chain Triglyceride Vegetable Oil 20%
- Tricalcium Phosphate 20%
- Beef Broth 20%
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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