Ingredient file
Artificial Flavors
Synthetic flavoring compounds added to improve taste.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 3,204 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
<1%
1 of the 3,204 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 1 brand. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 16. 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 1 priced foods, 76% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
100%
of the foods that list it are from Gravy Train. 1 brand use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Included purely to raise palatability. They add no nutrition, and named natural flavors are generally regarded as the more transparent choice.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Foods that list it / all the brand's recipes we track.
Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it
- Corn 100%
- Soybean Meal 100%
- Meat and Bone Meal 100%
- Wheat Middlings 100%
- Animal Fat 100%
- Whole Wheat 100%
- Salt 100%
- Calcium Carbonate 100%
- Soy Flour 100%
- Caramel Coloring 100%
On the shelf
Foods that list Artificial Flavors
1 food in our catalog lists it, highest on the label first.
