Ingredient file // Ingredient
Whole Barley
Barley with the hull removed but the bran and germ intact.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 115 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
22 of the 2,523 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 3 brands. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 10. In the top five of 9 foods, so it is usually a supporting ingredient.
Above the salt
Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 17 priced foods, 34% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
68%
of the foods that list it are from Fromm. 3 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Beta-glucan fiber and slow energy release, with bran and germ intact.
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 Meal 82%
- Pearled Barley 68%
- Chicken 59%
- Brown Rice 59%
- Oatmeal 55%
- Dried Tomato Pomace 45%
- Menhaden Fish Meal 45%
- Chicken Fat 41%
- Whole Oats 36%
- Chicken Broth 36%
- Dried Egg Product 36%
- White Rice 27%
On the shelf
Foods that list it
22 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.