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Ingredient file // Named animal protein

Pollock

Printed as “Deboned Pollock” on some labels. Same ingredient.

The flesh of pollock, a lean white ocean fish, used fresh.

Pollock

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 180 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

1%

14 of the 2,523 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 8 brands. 11 dry dog food, 2 wet dog food, 1 dog food topper.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 1. In the top five of 11 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 $5.15
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 9 priced foods, 59% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

29%

of the foods that list it are from Open Farm. 8 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • A very lean white fish protein supplying selenium, iodine and B12 with little fat.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Open Farm 4
  2. Nulo 2
  3. Solid Gold 2
  4. Lotus 2
  5. The Honest Kitchen 1
  6. Dr. Tim's 1
  7. Natural Balance 1
  8. Blue 1

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Peas 50%
  2. Flaxseed 43%
  3. Coconut Oil 36%
  4. Salmon 36%
  5. Natural Flavor 36%
  6. Pea Fiber 36%
  7. Pumpkin 29%
  8. Chicken Fat 29%
  9. Pollock Meal 29%
  10. Ocean Whitefish Meal 21%
  11. Oatmeal 21%
  12. Brown Rice 21%

On the shelf

Foods that list it

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

On labels as

Other names for this

Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.

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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