Ingredient file // Ingredient
Kelp
Printed as “Organic Kelp” on some labels. Same ingredient.
Dried seaweed, used as a natural mineral source.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 323 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
0%
7 of the 2,264 foods we track, from 3 brands. 6 dry dog food, 1 wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 19. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 75% of foods.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 2 priced foods, 4% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
57%
of the foods that list it are from Only Natural Pet. 3 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- A natural source of iodine for thyroid function, along with a broad range of trace minerals.
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
- Natural Flavor 86%
- Salmon 43%
- Chicken Meal 43%
- Barley 29%
- Rye 29%
- Millet 29%
- Chicken Fat 29%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 29%
- Chicken 29%
- Beef 29%
- Pork Meal 29%
- Peas 29%
On labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.