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Vitamin B3

Vitamin B3, also called niacin, added to meet nutritional requirements.

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In 1 of every 96 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

1%

27 of the 2,595 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 3 brands. 24 dry dog food, 3 wet dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 26. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

0%

Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 100% of foods.

Price per lb

Foods with it $2.34
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 15 priced foods, 28% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

41%

of the foods that list it are from Blue Seal. 3 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Needed to release energy from food and to maintain skin and nervous system function.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Blue Seal 11
  2. Nulo 9
  3. Wellness 7

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Barley 78%
  2. Flaxseed 78%
  3. Chicken Fat 74%
  4. Dried Plain Beet Pulp 63%
  5. Chicken Meal 52%
  6. Rice Bran 41%
  7. Brown Rice 37%
  8. Whole Grain Sorghum 33%
  9. Fish Meal 33%
  10. Natural Flavor 26%
  11. Oats 26%
  12. Turkey Meal 22%
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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