Ingredient file // Ingredient
Modified Tapioca Starch
Tapioca starch treated to improve its thickening behavior.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 247 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
0%
10 of the 2,473 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 4 brands. All wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 8.5. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a supporting ingredient.
0
1st
0
2-3
0
4-5
8
6-10
2
11-20
0
21+
Top five
List position, heaviest first
Above the salt
Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.
Who leans on it
40%
of the foods that list it are from Cesar. 4 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- A grain-free binder that is very digestible and rarely allergenic, useful in limited-ingredient recipes.
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 100%
- Water 50%
- Sweet Potatoes 50%
- Carrots 50%
- Beef 40%
- Barley 40%
- Egg Product 30%
- Pea Protein 30%
- Tricalcium Phosphate 30%
- Chicken Liver 30%
- Wheat Gluten 30%
- Soy Oil 30%
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.
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