Ingredient file // Ingredient
Barley Grass
The young green leaf of the barley plant, harvested before the grain forms.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 21 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
5%
121 of the 2,533 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 3 brands. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 38. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 99% of foods.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 96 priced foods, 11% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
93%
of the foods that list it are from Blue. 3 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- A source of chlorophyll, vitamin K and antioxidants. Included as a green supplement rather than a carbohydrate.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Amazon best sellers that list it
- #1 Blue Life Protection Formula Adult Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
- #5 Blue Life Protection Formula Adult Small Breed Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
- #27 Blue Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
- #30 Blue Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
- #35 Blue Life Protection Formula Small Breed Senior Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
- #51 Blue Wilderness Adult Chicken plus Grains 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
- Peas 79%
- Chicken Meal 64%
- Natural Flavor 59%
- Pea Starch 56%
- Oatmeal 52%
- Dried Tomato Pomace 50%
- Flaxseed 50%
- Chicken 50%
- Chicken Fat 49%
- Pea Protein 49%
- Barley 46%
- Brown Rice 45%