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Ingredient file // Named animal protein

Spray Dried Beef Liver

Beef liver rapidly dried into a powder, which preserves more nutrients than slower drying.

Spray Dried Beef Liver

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 2523 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

0%

1 of the 2,523 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 5. In the top five of 1 food, so it is usually a main ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Price per lb

Foods with it $3.71
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 1 priced foods, 15% above 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 Nature's Logic. 1 brand use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Concentrated vitamin A, iron, copper and B12, and intensely palatable, so it is often used as a kibble flavor coating.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Nature's Logic 1

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Beef Meal 100%
  2. Tapioca Root 100%
  3. Pork Fat 100%
  4. Menhaden Fish Meal 100%
  5. Pumpkin Seeds 100%
  6. Yeast Culture 100%
  7. Montmorillonite Clay 100%
  8. Dehydrated Kale 100%
  9. Dried Kelp 100%

On the shelf

Foods that list it

1 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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