Ingredient file
Quinoa Seed
The seed of the quinoa plant, a gluten-free pseudocereal.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 519 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
0%
5 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 2 brands. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 14. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 1 priced foods, 68% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
80%
of the foods that list it are from Pinnacle. 2 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- One of the few plant foods with a complete amino acid profile, plus magnesium and iron.
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
- Garbanzo Beans 80%
- Peas 80%
- Pea Flour 80%
- Dried Tomato Pomace 80%
- Natural Flavor 80%
- Sweet Potatoes 60%
- Canola Oil 60%
- Flax Seed 60%
- Herring Meal 40%
- Beef 20%
- Wild Boar 20%
- Lamb 20%
On labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.