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Corn Meal

Corn kernels milled to a coarse flour.

Corn Meal

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 88 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

1%

28 of the 2,473 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 3 brands. 25 dry dog food, 3 wet dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 3. In the top five of 27 foods, so it is usually a main ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

100%

Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.

Price per lb

Foods with it $2.17
All foods $3.25

Median of the cheapest bag price across 21 priced foods, 33% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

75%

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

  • Digestible energy and linoleic acid, ground fine enough to be easy on the gut.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Bil-Jac 21
  2. Eukanuba 4
  3. Royal Canin 3

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Chicken 100%
  2. Dried Beet Pulp 89%
  3. Chicken By-Product 79%
  4. Oatmeal 75%
  5. Brewers Dried Yeast 75%
  6. Chicken By-Product Meal 71%
  7. Choline Chloride 54%
  8. Flaxseed 39%
  9. Menhaden Fish Meal 36%
  10. Salt 32%
  11. Monocalcium Phosphate 21%
  12. Brewers Rice 21%

On the shelf

Foods that list it

28 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.

Bil-Jac 30/20 Performance - Bil-Jac Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinBil-Jac Adult Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinBil-Jac Adult Select Formula Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinBil-Jac Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinBil-Jac Large Breed Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinBil-Jac Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinBil-Jac Picky No More Large Breed Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinBil-Jac Picky No More Medium Breed Dry Dog Food30.0% protein
Show 20 more Bil-Jac Sensitive Solutions Healthy Weight Support Dry Dog Food18.9% proteinRoyal Canin Veterinary Canine Weight Control loaf in sauce Wet Dog Food32.6% proteinRoyal Canin Canine Care Nutrition Adult In Gel Wet Dog Food28.9% proteinRoyal Canin Canine Care Nutrition Beauty Adult Loaf in Sauce Wet Dog Food34.4% proteinBil-Jac Puppy Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinBil-Jac Small Breed Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinBil-Jac Senior Dry Dog Food22.2% proteinBil-Jac Sensitive Solutions Skin & Stomach Support Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinBil-Jac Small Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinBil-Jac Sensitive Solutions Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinBil-Jac Senior Select Formula Dry Dog Food22.2% proteinBil-Jac Reduced Fat Formula Dry Dog Food18.9% proteinBil-Jac Small Breed Adult Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinBil-Jac Picky No More Small Breed Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinBil-Jac Puppy Select Formula Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinEukanuba Breed Specific Adult Boxer Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinEukanuba Breed Specific Adult Rottweiler Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinEukanuba Breed Specific Adult German Shepherd Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinEukanuba Breed Specific Adult Labrador Retriever Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinBil-Jac Small Breed Senior Dry Dog Food24.4% protein
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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