Ingredient file // Ingredient
Sunflower Seed Oil
Oil pressed from sunflower seed.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 190 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
12 of the 2,282 foods we track, from 2 brands. All wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 6.5. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a supporting ingredient.
0
1st
0
2-3
0
4-5
11
6-10
1
11-20
0
21+
Top five
List position, heaviest first
Above the salt
Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.
Who leans on it
75%
of the foods that list it are from Tiki Dog. 2 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- High in linoleic acid, an essential omega 6 fatty acid tied to skin barrier function and coat shine.
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 Broth 75%
- Chicken 75%
- Carrots 50%
- Green Peas 42%
- Potassium Chloride 42%
- Dicalcium Phosphate 33%
- Potato Starch 25%
- Guar Gum 25%
- Beef 25%
- Tricalcium Phosphate 17%
- Zinc Amino Acid Complex 17%
- Beef Broth 17%
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.
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