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Ingredient file // Named animal protein

Pollock Meal

A concentrated meal rendered from pollock.

Pollock Meal

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 180 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

1%

14 of the 2,523 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 8 brands. 13 dry dog food, 1 dog food topper.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 7. In the top five of 5 foods, so it is usually a supporting ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

100%

Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.

Price per lb

Foods with it $4.14
All foods $3.23

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

29%

of the foods that list it are from Acana. 8 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • A dense, highly digestible white fish protein with omega 3 fatty acids and selenium.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Acana 4
  2. Orijen 2
  3. Solid Gold 2
  4. Nature's Logic 2
  5. Hill's 1
  6. Dr. Tim's 1
  7. Nulo 1
  8. NutriSource 1

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Chicken Fat 43%
  2. Herring Meal 29%
  3. Pollock 29%
  4. Salmon 21%
  5. Catfish Meal 21%
  6. Natural Flavor 21%
  7. Red Lentils 21%
  8. Pork Fat 14%
  9. Whole Herring 14%
  10. Sardine Meal 14%
  11. Salmon Meal 14%
  12. Millet 14%

On the shelf

Foods that list it

14 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.

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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