Ingredient file // Named animal protein
Chicken Cartilage
The connective tissue from chicken joints, a natural source of joint compounds.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 67 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
2%
39 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 12 brands. 38 dry dog food, 1 wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 20. In the top five of 1 food, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Listed before the salt in 51% of foods. In the rest it is under about 1% of the recipe.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 25 priced foods, 26% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
23%
of the foods that list it are from Fromm. 12 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Natural glucosamine and chondroitin, the compounds most studied for joint cartilage.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Plus 2 more brands.
Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it
- Chicken Meal 82%
- Chicken Fat 79%
- Chicken 54%
- Brown Rice 41%
- Dried Tomato Pomace 38%
- Oatmeal 28%
- Dried Egg Product 26%
- Pearled Barley 23%
- Peas 23%
- Potatoes 23%
- Turkey Meal 23%
- Menhaden Fish Meal 21%
On the shelf
Foods that list it
39 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.