Ingredient file // Ingredient
Zinc Amino Acid Complex
Zinc complexed with amino acids as a trace mineral supplement.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 152 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
1%
15 of the 2,282 foods we track, from 7 brands. 10 dry dog food, 5 wet dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 19. In the top five of 0 foods, so it is usually a minor ingredient.
Above the salt
Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 100% of foods.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 9 priced foods, 28% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
33%
of the foods that list it are from Blue Seal. 7 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Supplies zinc for skin, coat and immune function in a form built for good absorption.
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
- Barley 53%
- Chicken Fat 47%
- Rice Bran 47%
- Flaxseed 40%
- Chicken Meal 40%
- Natural Flavor 33%
- Fish Meal 33%
- Carrots 27%
- Guar Gum 27%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 27%
- Potato Starch 20%
- Sunflower Seed Oil 20%