Ingredient file // Named animal protein
Whole Herring
Whole herring, used entire rather than as fillet alone.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 229 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
0%
11 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 4. In the top five of 7 foods, so it is usually a main 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 10 priced foods, 51% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
73%
of the foods that list it are from Orijen. 3 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Whole fish means the frame minerals come too, alongside plenty of EPA and DHA.
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
- Salmon 64%
- Herring Meal 45%
- Chicken 45%
- Turkey 45%
- Chicken Liver 36%
- Dehydrated Chicken 36%
- Pollock Meal 27%
- Whitefish Meal 27%
- Mackerel Meal 27%
- Dehydrated Turkey 27%
- Flounder 18%
- Sardine Meal 18%
On the shelf
Foods that list it
11 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.