Ingredient file // Ingredient
Ground Whole Grain Sorghum
Whole grain sorghum ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ retained.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 101 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
25 of the 2,523 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 2 brands. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 4. In the top five of 24 foods, so it is usually a main 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 21 priced foods, 51% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
84%
of the foods that list it are from Iams. 2 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Ground for easy digestion while keeping the fiber and antioxidants. No gluten.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Amazon best sellers that list it
- #12 Iams Proactive Health MiniChunks Chicken & Whole Grains Dry Dog Food
- #38 Iams Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food
- #61 Iams Adult Minichunks with Lamb & Rice Dry Dog Food
- #66 Iams Adult Small Breed Dry Dog Food
- #97 Iams Adult Healthy Weight Dry Dog Food
Rank on Amazon's dog food best seller list, checked October 2026.
Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it
- Chicken By-Product Meal 92%
- Chicken 80%
- Whole Grain Ground Corn 80%
- Natural Flavor 72%
- Chicken Fat 68%
- Dried Egg Product 60%
- Dried Beet Pulp 52%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 48%
- Brewers Rice 44%
- Ground Whole Grain Barley 40%
- Soybean Meal 28%
- Brewers Dried Yeast 24%
On the shelf
Foods that list it
25 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.