Ingredient file // Ingredient
Organic Chia Seed
Printed as “Chia Seed” on some labels. Same ingredient.
Organically grown chia seed.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 24 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
4%
105 of the 2,533 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 15 brands. 96 dry dog food, 9 wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 19. 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 54% of foods.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 89 priced foods, 19% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
23%
of the foods that list it are from Nutro. 15 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- A plant source of alpha linolenic acid and soluble fiber that absorbs many times its weight in water.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Plus 5 more brands.
Amazon best sellers that list it
- #8 Diamond Naturals Skin & Coat Formula All Life Stages Salmon & Potato Formula Dry Dog Food
- #46 The Honest Kitchen Grain-Free Beef Recipe Whole Food Clusters Dry Dog Food
- #71 The Honest Kitchen Whole Grain Chicken & Oat Recipe Whole Food Clusters Dry Dog Food
- #76 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
- #86 Taste of the Wild Ancient Prairie Canine Recipe with Roasted Bison & Roasted Venison 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
- Chicken Fat 57%
- Chicken Meal 41%
- Chicken 36%
- Oatmeal 35%
- Flaxseed 34%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 30%
- Cracked Pearled Barley 28%
- Barley 28%
- Natural Flavor 26%
- Egg Product 24%
- Dried Yeast 24%
- Grain Sorghum 23%
On labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.