Ingredient file // Ingredient
Flaxseed Meal
Printed as “Organic Flaxseed Meal” on some labels. Same ingredient.
Flax seed ground into a meal, usually after some oil is pressed out.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 130 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
20 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 9 brands. 9 wet dog food, 8 dry dog food, 3 frozen dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 10.5. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Listed before the salt in 67% of foods. In the rest it is under about 1% of the recipe.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 6 priced foods, 28% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
20%
of the foods that list it are from Victor. 9 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- A source of alpha linolenic acid, soluble fiber and lignans, supporting digestion and coat condition.
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
- Chicken 55%
- Brown Rice 35%
- Dried Egg Product 35%
- Peas 30%
- Carrots 30%
- Turkey 25%
- Turkey Broth 25%
- Chicken Liver 25%
- Chicken Broth 25%
- Chicken Fat 25%
- Barley 20%
- Sunflower Oil 20%
On labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.