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Calcium Propionate

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 63 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

2%

40 of the 2,533 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 4 brands. All dry dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 16.5. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

27%

Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 73% of foods.

Price per lb

Foods with it $3.93
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 32 priced foods, 22% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

35%

of the foods that list it are from Lotus. 4 brands use it in total.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Lotus 14
  2. Wysong 13
  3. FirstMate 12
  4. Purina 1

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Chicken Fat 65%
  2. Chicken Meal 40%
  3. Chicken 40%
  4. Brown Rice 38%
  5. Peas 35%
  6. Pea Fiber 35%
  7. Flaxseed 33%
  8. Natural Flavor 28%
  9. Tomato Pomace 25%
  10. Dried Plain Beet Pulp 25%
  11. Pea Protein 25%
  12. Potassium Chloride 23%
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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