Ingredient file // Ingredient
Cobalt Carbonate
An inorganic cobalt salt used as a trace mineral supplement.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 67 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
2%
39 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 3 brands. 36 dry dog food, 3 frozen dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 37. 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 26 priced foods, 28% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
51%
of the foods that list it are from Bil-Jac. 3 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Provides cobalt, the mineral at the center of the vitamin B12 molecule. An inorganic form, so less readily absorbed than a chelate.
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
- Oatmeal 74%
- Flaxseed 59%
- Chicken 54%
- Dried Beet Pulp 51%
- Brewers Dried Yeast 51%
- Chicken By-Product 49%
- Corn Meal 49%
- Choline Chloride 44%
- Chicken By-Product Meal 41%
- Salt 38%
- Tapioca 31%
- Dried Egg 31%