Ingredient file // Named animal protein
Freeze-Dried Beef
Beef preserved by freeze drying.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 200 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
13 of the 2,595 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 13. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Listed before the salt in 69% of foods. In the rest it is under about 1% of the recipe.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 13 priced foods, 30% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
69%
of the foods that list it are from Instinct. 3 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Freeze drying retains more of the nutrients and flavor than heat drying, giving a concentrated, palatable beef protein.
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
- Beef 69%
- Peas 54%
- Chicken Meal 46%
- Chicken Fat 46%
- Sweet Potatoes 46%
- Turkey Meal 38%
- Menhaden Fish Meal 38%
- Tapioca 38%
- Dried Yeast 31%
- Beef Meal 31%
- Fish Meal 31%
- Chickpeas 31%