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Dried Parsley

Printed as “Dehydrated Parsley” on some labels. Same ingredient.

Dried parsley leaf.

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 89 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

1%

29 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 3 brands. 21 dry dog food, 8 wet dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 21. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

33%

Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 67% of foods.

Price per lb

Foods with it $3.88
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 15 priced foods, 20% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

79%

of the foods that list it are from Nature's Logic. 3 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Traditionally included to freshen breath, and a source of vitamin K and chlorophyll.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Nature's Logic 23
  2. Dr. Tim's 5
  3. Natural Balance 1

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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