Ingredient file // Named animal protein
Freeze-Dried Chicken
Chicken preserved by freeze drying, which removes water at low temperature.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 108 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
24 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 4 brands. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 13. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Listed before the salt in 74% of foods. In the rest it is under about 1% of the recipe.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 19 priced foods, 32% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
58%
of the foods that list it are from Instinct. 4 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Freeze drying preserves nutrients and flavor better than heat drying, giving a concentrated, highly palatable protein.
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 Meal 100%
- Chicken Fat 88%
- Chicken 79%
- Turkey Meal 63%
- Peas 50%
- Tapioca 46%
- Sweet Potatoes 38%
- Chickpeas 38%
- Flaxseed 29%
- Menhaden Fish Meal 25%
- Oats 21%
- Lentils 21%