Ingredient file
Sodium Propionate
A salt of propionic acid used to inhibit mould.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 113 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
23 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 1 brand. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 12. 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 100% of foods.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 22 priced foods, 33% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
100%
of the foods that list it are from Bil-Jac. 1 brand use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Prevents mould growth in soft and semi-moist foods, extending shelf life.
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 100%
- Dried Beet Pulp 100%
- Brewers Dried Yeast 100%
- Chicken By-Product 96%
- Corn Meal 96%
- Oatmeal 96%
- Chicken By-Product Meal 74%
- Choline Chloride 74%
- Flaxseed 52%
- Menhaden Fish Meal 48%
- Salt 39%
- Monocalcium Phosphate 26%