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Ingredient file // Named animal protein

Dehydrated Eggs

Whole eggs with the moisture removed.

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 356 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

<1%

9 of the 3,204 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 3 brands. 8 dry dog food, 1 dog food topper.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 10. In the top five of 1 food, so it is usually a supporting ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

100%

Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.

Price per lb

Foods with it $4.55
All foods $3.25

Median of the cheapest bag price across 8 priced foods, 40% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

78%

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

  • Egg protein has the highest biological value of any whole food, and drying concentrates it along with choline, riboflavin and selenium.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Orijen 7 / 25
  2. Acana 1 / 23
  3. The Honest Kitchen 1 / 36

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

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Chicken 89%
  2. Turkey 89%
  3. Whole Herring 67%
  4. Salmon 67%
  5. Dehydrated Chicken 67%
  6. Dehydrated Turkey 44%
  7. Chicken Liver 44%
  8. Liver 33%
  9. Whole Whiting 22%
  10. Red Lentils 22%
  11. Flounder 22%
  12. Turkey Giblets 22%

On the shelf

Foods that list Dehydrated Eggs

9 foods in our catalog list it, highest on the label first.

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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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