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Dried Tomatoes

Tomatoes with the moisture removed.

Dried Tomatoes

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 29 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

3%

88 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 10 brands. 55 dry dog food, 33 wet 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

38%

Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 62% of foods.

Price per lb

Foods with it $3.44
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 47 priced foods, 7% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

36%

of the foods that list it are from Nature's Logic. 10 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Concentrates the lycopene antioxidant and fiber of fresh tomato.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Nature's Logic 32
  2. Nulo 21
  3. Nutro 15
  4. Cesar 6
  5. Merrick 4
  6. Health Extension 3
  7. Annamaet 3
  8. Purina 2
  9. Rachael Ray Nutrish 1
  10. Abound 1

Amazon best sellers that list it

  1. #76 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food

Rank on Amazon's dog food best seller list, checked October 2026.

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Chicken Fat 41%
  2. Chicken 36%
  3. Montmorillonite Clay 32%
  4. Turkey Meal 31%
  5. Sweet Potatoes 30%
  6. Yeast Culture 28%
  7. Peas 27%
  8. Chicken Broth 25%
  9. Dried Egg Product 23%
  10. Turkey 22%
  11. Chicken Meal 22%
  12. Tapioca Starch 20%

On labels as

Other names for this

Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.

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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