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Ground Pecan Shells

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 163 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

1%

14 of the 2,282 foods we track, from 1 brand. 11 dry dog food, 3 wet dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 12. In the top five of 2 foods, so it is usually a minor 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 $4.14
All foods $3.25

Median of the cheapest bag price across 11 priced foods, 27% 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 Hill's. 1 brand use it in total.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Hill's 14

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Chicken Fat 79%
  2. Chicken 71%
  3. Cracked Pearled Barley 71%
  4. Whole Grain Corn 71%
  5. Brewers Rice 64%
  6. Whole Grain Oats 64%
  7. Chicken Meal 57%
  8. Brown Rice 57%
  9. Corn Protein Meal 50%
  10. Natural Chicken Liver Flavor 50%
  11. Hydrolyzed Chicken Flavor 36%
  12. Pea Protein 29%

On the shelf

Foods that list it

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

Hill’s Hill’s Prescription Diet z/d Hydrolyzed Chicken Flavor Wet Dog Food13.6% proteinHill’s Prescription Diet z/d Skin/Food Sensitivities Small Bites Original Flavor Dry Dog Food21.2% protein
Show 12 more Hill’s Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Rice Stew Wet Dog Food25.0% proteinHill’s Prescription Diet i/d Puppy Chicken Flavor Digestive Care Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinHill’s Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Small & Mini Beef & Barley Entrée Wet Dog Food31.8% proteinHill’s Prescription Diet Gastrointestinal Biome Digestive/Fiber Care with Chicken Dry Dog Food18.9% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Digestion Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats Recipe Dry Dog Food22.9% proteinHill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Small Bites Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats Recipe Dry Dog Food22.2% proteinHill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats Recipe Dry Dog Food22.9% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Perfect Digestion Chicken, Whole Oats & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food18.9% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Perfect Digestion Small Bites Chicken, Whole Oats & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food18.9% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Digestion Salmon, Whole Oats, and Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food22.8% proteinHill’s Science Diet Puppy Large Breed Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food27.2% proteinHill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food25.6% protein
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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