Ingredient file // Ingredient
Sun-Cured Alfalfa
Printed as “Suncured Alfalfa” on some labels. Same ingredient.
Alfalfa cured in the sun rather than by artificial heat.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 59 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
2%
39 of the 2,292 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 4 brands. All dry dog food.
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 88% of foods. In the rest it is under about 1% of the recipe.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 33 priced foods, 31% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
33%
of the foods that list it are from Canidae. 4 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Curing in the sun retains more of the carotenoids and vitamin K than heat drying.
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
- Peas 92%
- Flaxseed 59%
- Potatoes 51%
- Natural Flavor 49%
- Lentils 38%
- Canola Oil 33%
- Dried Egg 31%
- Potato Flour 31%
- Chicken Meal 31%
- Chicken Fat 31%
- Tomato Pomace 28%
- Salmon 23%
On labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.