Ingredient file // Ingredient
Caramel
Sugar heated until it browns, used as a coloring.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 865 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
0%
3 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 2 brands. All wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 13. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
0
1st
0
2-3
0
4-5
1
6-10
1
11-20
1
21+
Top five
List position, heaviest first
Above the salt
Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 67% of foods.
Who leans on it
67%
of the foods that list it are from Bil-Jac. 2 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Included to color the food, which serves the person buying it rather than the dog. It adds no meaningful nutrition.
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%
- Pea Protein 100%
- Sweet Potatoes 67%
- Beef 67%
- Dried Egg Product 33%
- Green Beans 33%
- Pineapple 33%
- Dicalcium Phosphate 33%
- Beef Broth 33%
- Egg Product 33%
- Carrots 33%
- Turkey 33%
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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