Ingredient file
High Fructose Corn Syrup
A sweetener made by converting corn starch sugars to fructose.
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 4. In the top five of 1 food, 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.
Who leans on it
100%
of the foods that list it are from Purina. 1 brand use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Adds sweetness and palatability. It is a refined sugar, contributing calories and nothing a dog needs.
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
- Beef By-Product 100%
- Soy Flour 100%
- Soy Grits 100%
- Water 100%
- Wheat Flour 100%
- Corn Syrup 100%
- Chicken 100%
- Soy Protein Isolate 100%
- Phosphoric Acid 100%
On the shelf
Foods that list High Fructose Corn Syrup
1 food in our catalog lists it, highest on the label first.
