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Ingredient file // Named animal protein

Venison Broth

The liquid produced by simmering venison.

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 750 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

0%

3 of the 2,250 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 3. In the top five of 3 foods, so it is usually a main ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

100%

Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.

Who leans on it

67%

of the foods that list it are from Merrick. 2 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Adds moisture and aroma from an uncommon meat. Largely water nutritionally.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Merrick 2
  2. Nature's Logic 1

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Beef 67%
  2. Beef Broth 67%
  3. Beef Liver 67%
  4. Dried Egg Whites 67%
  5. Potato Starch 67%
  6. Venison 33%
  7. Venison Liver 33%
  8. Dried Egg Product 33%
  9. Porcine Plasma 33%
  10. Montmorillonite Clay 33%
  11. Herring Oil 33%
  12. Brewers Dried Yeast 33%

On the shelf

Foods that list it

3 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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