Ingredient file // Ingredient
Iron Amino Acid Complex
Iron complexed with amino acids as a trace mineral supplement.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 100 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
26 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 6 brands. 25 dry dog food, 1 wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 23. 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 24 priced foods, 37% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
73%
of the foods that list it are from Victor. 6 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Provides the iron needed for oxygen transport, in a readily absorbed form.
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
- Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal 69%
- Chicken Fat 69%
- Yeast Culture 65%
- Natural Flavor 58%
- Beef Meal 54%
- Chicken Meal 46%
- Whole Grain Millet 46%
- Grain Sorghum 46%
- Menhaden Fish Meal 35%
- Peas 35%
- Brown Rice 27%
- Pork Meal 27%