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Organic Apple

Apple grown to organic certification standards.

Organic Apple

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In 1 of every 70 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

1%

36 of the 2,508 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 11 brands. 30 dry dog food, 3 dog food topper, 2 wet dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 23.5. In the top five of 2 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

42%

Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 58% of foods.

Price per lb

Foods with it $3.53
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 19 priced foods, 9% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

44%

of the foods that list it are from Health Extension. 11 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Provides pectin fiber, vitamin C and antioxidants, from fruit grown without synthetic pesticides.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Health Extension 16
  2. Abound 7
  3. Wysong 4
  4. Lotus 2
  5. WholeHearted 1
  6. Horizon 1
  7. Open Farm 1
  8. AvoDerm 1
  9. Verus 1
  10. Solid Gold 1

Plus 1 more brand.

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Flaxseed 44%
  2. Chicken 42%
  3. Oatmeal 42%
  4. Peas 42%
  5. Sweet Potatoes 42%
  6. Chicken Meal 39%
  7. Brown Rice 39%
  8. Dried Beet Pulp 36%
  9. Chicken Fat 33%
  10. Brewers Dried Yeast 31%
  11. Menhaden Fish Meal 28%
  12. Whitefish Meal 22%

On labels as

Other names for this

Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.

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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