Ingredient file // Ingredient
Alfalfa
Printed as “Organic Alfalfa” on some labels. Same ingredient.
The leaf and stem of the alfalfa plant, a legume grown as forage.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 169 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
15 of the 2,533 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 5 brands. 12 dry dog food, 3 dog food topper.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 16. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor 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 12 priced foods, 28% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
53%
of the foods that list it are from Now Fresh. 5 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Supplies fiber, vitamin K, calcium and plant pigments. Included in modest amounts as a source of greens.
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
- Peas 80%
- Potatoes 73%
- Flaxseed 73%
- Pea Flour 53%
- Dried Egg 53%
- Canola Oil 40%
- Apples 40%
- Natural Flavor 33%
- Rye 33%
- Oatmeal 33%
- Salmon 27%
- Salmon Meal 27%
On labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.