Ingredient file // Ingredient
Iron Polysaccharide Complex
Iron bound to a polysaccharide carrier.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 185 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
14 of the 2,595 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 58. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
0
1st
0
2-3
0
4-5
0
6-10
0
11-20
14
21+
Top five
List position, heaviest first
Price per lb
Foods with it
$3.43
All foods
$3.23
Median of the cheapest bag price across 14 priced foods, 6% 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 Health Extension. 1 brand use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- A readily absorbed and well tolerated iron source for oxygen transport.
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
- Dried Beet Pulp 93%
- Brewers Dried Yeast 64%
- Chicken 57%
- Chicken Meal 57%
- Chicken Fat 57%
- Sweet Potatoes 57%
- Brown Rice 50%
- Oatmeal 50%
- Pearled Barley 50%
- Menhaden Fish Meal 50%
- Flaxseed 50%
- Chickpeas 50%
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.
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