Ingredient file // Ingredient
Alfalfa Sprouts
Printed as “Fresh Alfalfa Sprouts” on some labels. Same ingredient.
Germinated alfalfa seeds, used fresh.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 1267 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
0%
2 of the 2,533 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 1 brand. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 22.5. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 2 priced foods, 14% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
100%
of the foods that list it are from Fromm. 1 brand use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Sprouting raises the vitamin content, and they supply vitamin K, vitamin C and enzymes at very low calorie cost.
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
- Rabbit 50%
- Duck 50%
- Pork 50%
- Pork Meat and Bone Meal 50%
- Chickpeas 50%
- Lentils 50%
- Peas 50%
- Potatoes 50%
- Pea Flour 50%
- Pork Liver 50%
- Lamb 50%
- Whole Oats 50%
On labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.