Ingredient file // Ingredient
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
A phosphate salt used to retain moisture and control texture.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 11 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
9%
209 of the 2,250 foods we track, from 19 brands. 113 wet dog food, 90 dry dog food, 6 dog food topper.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 15. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Listed before the salt in 56% of foods. In the rest it is under about 1% of the recipe.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 74 priced foods, 29% 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 Royal Canin. 19 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Keeps moisture in the product and helps stabilize texture. Also included in some recipes for its effect on dental tartar.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Plus 9 more brands.
Amazon best sellers that list it
- #26 Royal Canin Small Adult Dry Dog Food
- #72 Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Adult Dry Dog Food
- #79 Royal Canin Small Puppy Dry Dog Food
- #100 Royal Canin French Bulldog Adult Dry Dog Food
Rank on Amazon's dog food best seller list, checked October 2026.
Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it
- Wheat Gluten 46%
- Brewers Rice 45%
- Natural Flavor 43%
- Chicken Fat 40%
- Chicken 39%
- Chicken By-Product Meal 36%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 35%
- Corn 31%
- Fish Oil 26%
- Brown Rice 24%
- Chicken Liver 21%
- Water 20%