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Rice Starch

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 229 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

<1%

14 of the 3,204 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 1 brand. All wet dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 7. In the top five of 0 foods, 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 $2.87
All foods $3.25

Median of the cheapest bag price across 1 priced foods, 12% 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 Hill's. 1 brand use it in total.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Hill's 14 / 116

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

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Pork Liver 100%
  2. Carrots 100%
  3. Rice 93%
  4. Chicken 86%
  5. Chicken Broth 57%
  6. Green Peas 50%
  7. Water 36%
  8. Wheat Flour 36%
  9. Dried Beet Pulp 36%
  10. Corn Starch 36%
  11. Pork Kidney 29%
  12. Wheat Gluten 29%

On the shelf

Foods that list Rice Starch

14 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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