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Ingredient file // Named animal protein

Freeze-Dried Beef Liver

Beef liver preserved by freeze drying.

Freeze-Dried Beef Liver

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 288 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

0%

9 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 1 brand. All dry dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 15. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

78%

Listed before the salt in 78% of foods. In the rest it is under about 1% of the recipe.

Price per lb

Foods with it $4.24
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 9 priced foods, 31% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

100%

of the foods that list it are from Instinct. 1 brand use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Concentrated vitamin A, iron, copper and B12, with the nutrients better preserved than by heat drying.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Instinct 9

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Chicken Meal 67%
  2. Peas 67%
  3. Chicken Fat 67%
  4. Beef 56%
  5. Turkey Meal 56%
  6. Sweet Potatoes 56%
  7. Tapioca 56%
  8. Dried Yeast 44%
  9. Fish Meal 44%
  10. Menhaden Fish Meal 44%
  11. Barley 33%
  12. Oatmeal 33%
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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