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Brewers Dried Yeast

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In 1 of every 12 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

8%

247 of the 3,080 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 32 brands. 216 dry dog food, 31 wet dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 11. In the top five of 11 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

65%

Listed before the salt in 65% of foods. In the rest it is under about 1% of the recipe.

Price per lb

Foods with it $2.81
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 197 priced foods, 13% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

26%

of the foods that list it are from NutriSource. 32 brands use it in total.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. NutriSource 65
  2. Bil-Jac 23
  3. Natural Balance 21
  4. Victor 21
  5. Holistic Select 16
  6. Lotus 14
  7. Health Extension 10
  8. Halo 9
  9. Blackwood 7
  10. Nature's Logic 7

Plus 22 more brands.

Amazon best sellers that list it

  1. #10 Iams Proactive Health MiniChunks Chicken & Whole Grains Dry Dog Food
  2. #32 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato Dry Dog Food
  3. #42 Iams Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food
  4. #73 Pedigree Puppy Chicken & Vegetable Flavor Dry Dog Food
  5. #79 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Lamb & Brown Rice 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 45%
  2. Chicken 38%
  3. Brown Rice 36%
  4. Chicken Meal 36%
  5. Flaxseed 35%
  6. Natural Flavor 30%
  7. Oatmeal 26%
  8. Peas 25%
  9. Dried Beet Pulp 21%
  10. Barley 20%
  11. Menhaden Fish Meal 20%
  12. Dried Plain Beet Pulp 19%

On the shelf

Foods that list it

247 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.

Bil-Jac Grain-Free Adult Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinBlackwood Complete and Balanced Diet Chicken Meal with Ancient Grains & Corn Recipe Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinHalo Adult Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish Recipe Dry Dog Food29.7% proteinHalo Holistic Cage-Free Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food29.7% proteinHalo Holistic Cage-Free Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Puppy Dry Dog Food31.9% proteinHalo Holistic Grain Free Cage-Free Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food29.7% proteinHalo Holistic Grain Free Cage-Free Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe Senior Dry Dog Food27.5% proteinHalo Holistic Grain Free Cage-Free Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe Small Bree Dry Dog Food30.8% protein
Show 56 more Pure Balance Pro+ Weight Management Chicken & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Dog Food27.2% proteinNutriSource Turkey Dog Stew Tetrapaks Wet Dog Food40.0% proteinNutriSource PureVita Turkey Dog Entree Grain-Free Wet Dog Food45.5% proteinEdgard & Cooper Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinEdgard & Cooper Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free Dry Dog Food24.4% proteinEdgard & Cooper Free-Run Duck with Venison Adult Dog Grain-Free Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinEdgard & Cooper Free-Run Chicken & Duck Puppy Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinJinx Grass-Fed Beef, Brown Rice, and Sweet Potato Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinEdgard & Cooper Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinEdgard & Cooper Free-Run Chicken Adult Dog Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinDave’s Pet Food Stewlicious Meaty Beefy Stew For Dogs / Wet Dog Food44.4% proteinDave’s Pet Food Dave’s Stewlicious Shepherd’s Pie with Lamb & Beef For Dogs / 13.2 oz Wet Dog Food44.4% proteinKoha Kangaroo : Limited Ingredient Diet Kangaroo Entrée Grain-Free Wet Dog Food40.9% proteinBlackwood Puppy & Performance Growing / Working Dogs Chicken Meal with Ancient Grains Recipe Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinBlackwood Complete & Balanced Diet Lamb Meal & Chicken Meal Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinNatural Balance Limited Ingredient Beef & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinBlackwood Complete & Balanced Diet Chicken Meal & Brown Rice with Ancient Grains Recipe Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinVictor Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinBil-Jac Picky No More Medium & Large Breed Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinBil-Jac Sensitive Solutions Healthy Weight Support Dry Dog Food18.9% proteinHalo Holistic Vegan Plant-Based with Kelp Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food29.7% proteinNature’s Logic Original Canine Can: Turkey Wet Dog Food39.3% proteinNature’s Logic Original Canine Can: Duck & Salmon Wet Dog Food39.3% proteinNature’s Logic Original Canine Can: Beef Wet Dog Food39.3% proteinNutriSource Seafood Select Grain-Free Wet Dog Food45.5% proteinRachael Ray Nutrish Big Life Savory Chicken, Veggies & Barley Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinNutriSource Trout & Rice Wet Dog Food40.9% proteinVictor Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Beef Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinNature’s Logic Original Canine Can: Venison Wet Dog Food39.3% proteinNature’s Logic Original Canine Can: Pork Wet Dog Food39.3% proteinNature’s Logic Original Canine Can: Sardine Wet Dog Food50.0% proteinNature’s Logic Original Canine Chicken Feast Wet Dog Food39.3% proteinNutriSource Woodlands Select Wet Dog Food43.2% proteinNutriSource Hunter’s Bounty Wet Dog Food43.2% proteinNutriSource Chicken Formula Grain-Free Wet Dog Food45.5% proteinNutriSource Chicken & Rice Small & Medium Breed Puppy Wet Dog Food43.2% proteinNutriSource Senior Chicken & Rice Wet Dog Food36.4% proteinNutriSource Chicken, Lamb & Ocean Fish Wet Dog Food38.6% proteinNutriSource Chicken & Rice Puppy Wet Dog Food38.6% proteinNutriSource Beef & Rice Wet Dog Food40.9% proteinNutriSource Prairie Select Grain-Free Wet Dog Food43.2% proteinNutriSource Heartland Select Grain-Free Wet Dog Food43.2% proteinNutriSource Turkey & Rice Wet Dog Food40.9% proteinNutriSource Field and Forest Wet Dog Food43.2% proteinNutriSource Lamb & Rice Wet Dog Food36.4% proteinNutriSource Harvest Selects Northern Feast Wet Dog Food43.2% proteinNutriSource High Plains Select Wet Dog Food43.2% proteinAuthority Sensitive Stomach & Skin Cuts in Gravy Adult Wet Dog Food47.2% proteinHealth Extension food Vegetarian Entree Wet Dog Food29.2% proteinNutriSource Element Series Grain Free Upland Stream Recipe Dry Dog Food42.2% proteinNature’s Recipe Original Lamb, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food24.4% proteinWellness Core+ Beef & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food36.7% proteinVictor Classic Hi-Pro Plus Dry Dog Food33.0% proteinVictor Purpose Bully Fuel, beef and chicken recipe, boasts a 34/22 Dry Dog Food37.8% proteinVictor Purpose Grain Free Active Dog & Puppy Dry Dog Food36.3% proteinBlackwood Large Breed Adult Dog White Fish With Ancient Grains Recipe Dry Dog Food26.7% protein
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