Ingredient file // Ingredient
L-Arginine
An added form of the amino acid arginine.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 137 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
19 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 4 brands. 18 dry dog food, 1 wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 19. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Listed before the salt in 75% 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, 28% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
68%
of the foods that list it are from Royal Canin. 4 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Essential for dogs, and involved in clearing ammonia from the body and in blood vessel function.
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
- Chicken Fat 68%
- Natural Flavor 68%
- Brewers Rice 63%
- Corn 63%
- Chicken By-Product Meal 63%
- Wheat Gluten 63%
- Corn Gluten Meal 42%
- Fish Oil 37%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 37%
- Vegetable Oil 37%
- Corn Protein Meal 26%
- Pea Fiber 26%