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Tapioca Flour

Flour milled from the cassava root, used as a grain-free binder and carbohydrate.

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 418 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

0%

6 of the 2,508 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 3 brands. All dry dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 6.5. In the top five of 2 foods, so it is usually a supporting ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

100%

Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.

Price per lb

Foods with it $5.39
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 4 priced foods, 67% above 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 AvoDerm. 3 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Digestible and rarely allergenic, which makes it useful in limited-ingredient recipes.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. AvoDerm 3
  2. Merrick 2
  3. Tiki Dog 1

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Chicken Fat 83%
  2. Peas 67%
  3. Chicken Meal 67%
  4. Pea Flour 50%
  5. Dried Tomato Pomace 50%
  6. Avocado 50%
  7. Turkey Meal 33%
  8. Garbanzo Beans 33%
  9. Lamb Meal 33%
  10. Salmon Meal 33%
  11. Flax Seed 33%
  12. Chicken 33%

On the shelf

Foods that list it

6 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.

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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