Skip to content
In The Kibble
My dogs

Ingredient file // Ingredient

Dried Cranberry

Cranberries with the moisture removed.

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 8 brands. 36 dry dog food, 8 wet dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 22.5. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

44%

Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 56% of foods.

Price per lb

Foods with it $3.83
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 25 priced foods, 19% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

73%

of the foods that list it are from Nature's Logic. 8 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Concentrates the proanthocyanidins studied for discouraging bacteria from adhering to the urinary tract lining.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Nature's Logic 32
  2. Bil-Jac 4
  3. Pinnacle 2
  4. Verus 2
  5. Pure Balance 1
  6. Hungry Bark 1
  7. Halo 1
  8. By Nature 1
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

Keep In The Know,
Know What's In The Bowl

The In the Kibble newsletter. Useful emails for dog owners: what we find inside dog food, how to feed well, and a heads-up when a food is recalled.
DOUBLE OPT-IN // ONE CLICK TO STOP // NEVER SHARED