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Manganese

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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 5 brands. 7 dry dog food, 1 dog food topper, 1 wet dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 28. In the top five of 1 food, so it is usually a minor ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

25%

Usually listed after the salt, which caps it at roughly 1% of the recipe in 75% of foods.

Price per lb

Foods with it $3.43
All foods $3.25

Median of the cheapest bag price across 2 priced foods, 6% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

44%

of the foods that list it are from Horizon. 5 brands use it in total.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Horizon 4 / 27
  2. Merrick 2 / 107
  3. Northwest Naturals 1 / 5
  4. Eukanuba 1 / 35
  5. Instinct 1 / 98

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

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Peas 67%
  2. Mixed Tocopherols 67%
  3. Chicken 44%
  4. Chicken Meal 44%
  5. Chicken Fat 44%
  6. Red Lentils 44%
  7. Pea Starch 44%
  8. Flax 44%
  9. Flaxseed 33%
  10. Salmon 33%
  11. Salmon Oil 33%
  12. Pea Fibre 33%

On the shelf

Foods that list Manganese

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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