Ingredient file // Ingredient
Carotene
A plant pigment that the body converts into vitamin A.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 59 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
2%
43 of the 2,533 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 2 brands. 42 dry dog food, 1 wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 32. 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 100% of foods.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 30 priced foods, 9% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
84%
of the foods that list it are from Royal Canin. 2 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Acts as an antioxidant and serves as a safe precursor to vitamin A, since the body only converts what it needs.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Amazon best sellers that list it
Rank on Amazon's dog food best seller list, checked October 2026.
Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it
- Chicken By-Product Meal 95%
- Natural Flavor 95%
- Brewers Rice 93%
- Chicken Fat 91%
- Wheat Gluten 91%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 88%
- Corn 86%
- Fish Oil 40%
- Corn Gluten Meal 37%
- Vegetable Oil 35%
- Wheat 30%
- Brown Rice 28%