Ingredient file // Ingredient
Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate
A hydrated form of copper sulfate used as a trace mineral supplement.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 2595 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
0%
1 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 1 brand. All 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.
0
1st
0
2-3
0
4-5
0
6-10
1
11-20
0
21+
Top five
List position, heaviest first
Above the salt
Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 100% of foods.
Who leans on it
100%
of the foods that list it are from Solid Gold. 1 brand use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Supplies copper for iron handling, connective tissue and coat pigment.
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
- Chicken 100%
- Tapioca Starch 100%
- Water Sufficient for Processing 100%
- Dried Egg Product 100%
- Animal Plasma 100%
- Carrots 100%
- Pumpkin 100%
- Salt 100%
- Powdered Cellulose 100%
- Tricalcium Phosphate 100%
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.
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