Ingredient file // Ingredient
Monocalcium Phosphate
A calcium and phosphorus compound used as a mineral supplement.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 14 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
7%
165 of the 2,264 foods we track, from 11 brands. 150 dry dog food, 15 wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 14. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Listed before the salt in 57% of foods. In the rest it is under about 1% of the recipe.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 135 priced foods, 8% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
45%
of the foods that list it are from Royal Canin. 11 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Supplies both calcium and phosphorus in a controlled ratio for bone maintenance.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Plus 1 more brand.
Amazon best sellers that list it
- #26 Royal Canin Small Adult Dry Dog Food
- #45 Pedigree Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Dry Dog Food
- #67 Pedigree Puppy Chicken & Vegetable Flavor Dry Dog Food
- #79 Royal Canin Small Puppy Dry Dog Food
- #99 Royal Canin Medium Adult 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
- Natural Flavor 63%
- Chicken By-Product Meal 52%
- Chicken Fat 52%
- Brewers Rice 49%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 41%
- Corn 36%
- Wheat Gluten 30%
- Corn Gluten Meal 25%
- Vegetable Oil 21%
- Fish Oil 20%
- Brown Rice 19%
- Chicken 18%