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Calcium Carbonate

Calcium Carbonate appears on the labels of 127 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (52 percent of the database), in label forms including Calcium Carbonate, CALCIUM CARBONATE, Calcium Carbonate. B292723, Calcium Carbonate. B297823, Calcium Carbonate. G290725, Calcium Carbonate. G290825 and 5 more label forms.

What it is

Ground limestone, functionally: the standard way to set a recipe's calcium level precisely.

Why makers use it

Calcium must land in a narrow band, doubly so for growing large breed puppies, and meat alone does not land it there.

What to watch for

Its position late on the panel is normal; mineral additions are small by weight and large by consequence.

Highest scoring recipes that carry it

RecipeScore / 100FormatLife stage
Victor Raw Blend Farm Chicken Recipe94Dry foodAll life stages
Victor Raw Blend Rancher's Beef Recipe94Dry foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild Ancient Prairie94Dry foodAll life stages
Victor Hi-Pro Plus Small & Medium Breed Puppy94Dry foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild Southwest Canyon Wet91Wet foodAll life stages
Orijen Regional Red Pâté with Liver91Wet foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild High Prairie Wet91Wet foodAll life stages
Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream Wet91Wet foodAll life stages

The full database, filterable by brand, format, life stage and grains, is the reviews index; the food finder answers it by the proteins a dog must avoid.

Often on the same panels

Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack), Selenium Yeast and Sodium Selenite, Salt, Choline Chloride. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.

Sources and method.

The definition is written from AAFCO's ingredient definitions and standard label practice, in our own words. The recipe count and links are computed from our scored recipe database, labels read November 2026; counts move as the database grows.

Last updated: November 2026. Checked against the sources named on this page.