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Sea Salt

Salt harvested by evaporating sea water.

Sea Salt

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 4 brands. 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

0%

Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 100% of foods.

Price per lb

Foods with it $4.50
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 9 priced foods, 39% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

38%

of the foods that list it are from Carna4. 4 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Supplies the sodium and chloride dogs need, with trace minerals from the sea water it came from.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Carna4 5
  2. Tiki Dog 4
  3. Health Extension 2
  4. Heed Foods 2

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Eggs 54%
  2. Sweet Potatoes 54%
  3. Peas 46%
  4. Ground Organic Sprouted Barley Seed 38%
  5. Herring 38%
  6. Chicken Fat 38%
  7. Salmon 31%
  8. Chicken Liver 31%
  9. Lentils 31%
  10. Chickpeas 31%
  11. Tapioca 31%
  12. Chicken Flavor 31%
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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