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Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex

A stable added source of vitamin K activity.

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 67 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

2%

39 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 8 brands. 22 dry dog food, 17 wet dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 35. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

0%

Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 100% of foods.

Price per lb

Foods with it $2.05
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 20 priced foods, 37% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

38%

of the foods that list it are from Purina. 8 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Supplies the vitamin K needed for normal blood clotting in a form that survives processing and storage.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Purina 15
  2. Nulo 14
  3. Canidae 4
  4. Abound 2
  5. Rachael Ray Nutrish 1
  6. Health Extension 1
  7. Verus 1
  8. Merrick 1

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Chicken 56%
  2. Pumpkin 36%
  3. Natural Flavor 33%
  4. Whole Grain Corn 33%
  5. Rice 31%
  6. Beef Fat 31%
  7. Corn Gluten Meal 28%
  8. Salmon 26%
  9. Potassium Chloride 26%
  10. Whole Grain Wheat 23%
  11. Sweet Potatoes 21%
  12. Tricalcium Phosphate 21%
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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