Ingredient file // Ingredient
Fennel
The bulb and seed of the fennel plant.
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 5 brands. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 34. 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 22 priced foods, about level with the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
52%
of the foods that list it are from Holistic Select. 5 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Traditionally included to ease gas and settle digestion. Used in small amounts.
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
- Flaxseed 79%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 76%
- Peas 66%
- Pumpkin 59%
- Chicken Meal 59%
- Chicken Fat 59%
- Potatoes 41%
- Lentils 34%
- Brown Rice 31%
- Oatmeal 31%
- Chickpeas 28%
- Tapioca 24%
On labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.