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Hydrolyzed Poultry By-Products Aggregate

Poultry by-product tissue broken down into smaller protein fragments by enzyme treatment.

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 2. In the top five of 1 food, so it is usually a main ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Price per lb

Foods with it $7.22
All foods $3.25

Median of the cheapest bag price across 1 priced foods, 122% above 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 Royal Canin. 1 brand use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Hydrolysis makes the protein easier to absorb and less likely to trigger an immune response, which is why it appears in sensitivity diets.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Royal Canin 1 / 160

Foods that list it / all the brand's recipes we track.

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Corn Starch 100%
  2. Coconut Oil 100%
  3. Vegetable Oil 100%
  4. Natural Flavor 100%
  5. Powdered Cellulose 100%
  6. Dried Chicory Root 100%
  7. Sodium Aluminosilicate 100%
  8. Potassium Chloride 100%
  9. Monocalcium Phosphate 100%

On the shelf

Foods that list Hydrolyzed Poultry By-Products Aggregate

1 food in our catalog lists it, highest on the label first.

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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