Dried Kelp and Seaweed

Dried Kelp and Seaweed appears on the labels of 67 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (27 percent of the database), in label forms including Dried Kelp, dried kelp, Organic Dried Seaweed Meal.

What it is

Dried seaweed meals, used as a natural mineral source, above all iodine, with trace elements in tow.

Why makers use it

A whole food way to cover iodine and add label friendly mineral diversity.

What to watch for

Iodine from kelp varies with the harvest, which is why measured mineral packs, not kelp alone, carry the guarantee on serious panels.

Highest scoring recipes that carry it

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

Mixed Tocopherols, Rosemary Extract, Chelated and Proteinate Minerals, Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack). The full dictionary is the ingredient index.