Table 5.

Comparative analysis of the mineral profile of the studied dry dog foods.

No	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	The Main Ingredients
1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	beef, sweet potatoes, beans, beef fat
2	0.31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	chicken, sweet potatoes, peas, potatoes, chicken fat
3	0.18	0.57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	pork, sweet potatoes, peas, potatoes, pork fat
4	0.28	0.77	0.77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	beef, sweet potatoes, potatoes, peas, beef fat
5	−0.09	0.25	0.59	0.11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	lamb, sweet potatoes, peas, potatoes, lamb fat
6	−0.28	0.09	0.54	0.39	0.49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	chicken, brown rice, chicken fat
7	0.32	0.49	0.81	0.90	0.04	0.37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	dried salmon, potatoes, salmon protein, chicken fat
8	−0.21	0.09	−0.11	0.15	−0.09	0.11	−0.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	potatoes, Hermetia illucens, poultry fat
9	−0.04	0.40	0.48	0.62	0.19	0.66	0.46	0.55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Hermetia illucens, oats, potatoes, corn, peas, insects oil
10	−0.16	0.16	0.52	0.34	0.31	0.79	0.38	−0.15	0.63	-	-	-	-	-	-	salmon, brown rice, chicken fat
11	0.17	0.40	0.16	0.09	0.40	0.28	−0.11	−0.21	−0.11	0.20	-	-	-	-	-	chicken, potatoes, dried peas, animal fat
12	−0.13	−0.37	−0.38	−0.32	−0.41	−0.32	−0.20	−0.18	−0.58	−0.47	−0.17	-	-	-	-	salmon, potatoes, peas, animal fat
13	−0.19	0.03	0.18	0.35	−0.35	0.23	0.51	−0.50	−0.08	0.29	−0.03	0.30	-	-	-	salmon, rice, animal fat
14	−0.31	0.32	0.59	0.33	0.61	0.54	0.32	−0.38	0.03	0.43	0.55	−0.28	0.41	-	-	lamb, rice, animal fat
15	−0.31	0.25	0.03	0.15	0.14	0.64	−0.09	0.24	0.62	0.70	0.40	−0.36	0.05	0.20	-	chicken, corn, rice, wheat, vegetable fiber, animal fat
16	0.24	0.39	0.64	0.72	0.30	0.76	0.67	0.00	0.52	0.48	0.41	−0.26	0.36	0.50	0.32	barley, salmon, rabbit, whole grain oat flour, potato flakes, poultry fat
17	0.36	0.20	0.81	0.50	0.51	0.59	0.68	−0.29	0.47	0.64	0.01	−0.41	0.12	0.34	0.05	duck, corn flour, rice flour, salmon, liver, sugar beet molasses, poultry fat
18	−0.16	−0.06	0.67	0.26	0.57	0.69	0.48	−0.45	0.20	0.65	0.12	−0.31	0.40	0.74	0.08	lamb, rice, corn, poultry fat
19	−0.13	0.31	0.77	0.60	0.40	0.71	0.70	−0.41	0.37	0.69	0.13	−0.12	0.64	0.70	0.25	lamb, oats, beef, pork, lamb fat, lentils, peas
20	0.07	0.10	0.47	0.35	−0.04	−0.06	0.60	−0.54	−0.16	0.06	−0.37	0.40	0.60	0.19	−0.46	lamb, peas, lentils, lamb liver, lamb fat
21	0.29	−0.31	0.08	−0.12	−0.10	0.22	0.09	−0.22	−0.02	0.32	0.05	0.41	0.08	−0.25	0.06	sardines, mackerel, hake, flounder, redfish, sole, herring, cod, blue whiting, herring oil, red lentils, green lentils, green peas, chickpeas, peas
22	0.25	−0.03	0.01	0.32	−0.41	0.28	0.36	0.06	0.24	0.10	−0.12	0.49	0.42	−0.31	0.15	white fish, herring, salmon, salmon oil, peas, potato flakes
23	−0.29	0.00	0.68	0.21	0.73	0.68	0.34	−0.32	0.13	0.48	0.18	0.00	0.25	0.71	0.06	turkey, rabbit, peas, pork fat, potatoes
24	−0.17	−0.19	0.42	0.11	0.18	0.37	0.40	−0.65	−0.19	0.36	−0.04	0.42	0.68	0.47	−0.14	lamb, potato flakes, peas, chicken protein, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, salmon oil
25	0.35	0.24	0.50	0.61	0.10	0.68	0.65	−0.12	0.63	0.66	0.14	−0.42	0.36	0.22	0.41	white fish, potato flakes, peas, animal fat, salmon, chicken
26	−0.08	0.15	0.77	0.58	0.42	0.79	0.72	−0.29	0.40	0.65	0.12	−0.22	0.56	0.69	0.17	chicken, rice, peas, animal fat, beef
27	−0.04	0.06	0.74	0.41	0.46	0.68	0.63	−0.48	0.32	0.74	0.06	−0.32	0.49	0.65	0.13	chicken, rice, peas, animal fat, beef
28	−0.02	0.16	0.66	0.55	0.33	0.84	0.65	−0.20	0.62	0.85	0.11	−0.49	0.45	0.55	0.44	poultry, salmon, millet, barley, corn, rice, potatoes, dried beet pulp, animal fat
29	0.46	−0.25	0.23	−0.08	0.11	0.20	0.20	−0.44	0.12	0.49	−0.12	−0.10	−0.02	−0.19	0.01	herring, sardines, flounder, cod, hake, green peas, red lentils, chickpeas, green lentils, red banded redfish, pinto beans, peas, pollock oil
30	−0.33	0.02	0.02	0.10	0.13	0.31	−0.10	0.94	0.67	0.10	−0.24	−0.25	−0.53	−0.29	0.37	potatoes, Hermetia illucens, poultry fat
No	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	The Main Ingredients
16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	barley, salmon, rabbit, whole grain oat flour, potato flakes, poultry fat
17	0.61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	duck, corn flour, rice flour, salmon, liver, sugar beet molasses, poultry fat
18	0.54	0.76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	lamb, rice, corn, poultry fat
19	0.67	0.71	0.82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	lamb, oats, beef, pork, lamb fat, lentils, peas
20	0.08	0.40	0.38	0.60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	lamb, peas, lentils, lamb liver, lamb fat
21	0.14	0.36	0.13	0.15	0.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	sardines, mackerel, hake, flounder, redfish, sole, herring, cod, blue whiting, herring oil, red lentils, green lentils, green peas, chickpeas, peas
22	0.48	0.16	−0.09	0.26	0.26	0.56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	white fish, herring, salmon, salmon oil, peas, potato flakes
23	0.47	0.63	0.84	0.79	0.44	0.23	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	turkey, rabbit, peas, pork fat, potatoes
24	0.29	0.47	0.69	0.76	0.77	0.46	0.31	0.76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	lamb, potato flakes, peas, chicken protein, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, salmon oil
25	0.83	0.72	0.52	0.62	0.09	0.24	0.51	0.26	0.24	-	-	-	-	-	-	white fish, potato flakes, peas, animal fat, salmon, chicken
26	0.80	0.77	0.90	0.93	0.45	0.16	0.26	0.79	0.69	0.72	-	-	-	-	-	chicken, rice, peas, animal fat, beef
27	0.59	0.85	0.96	0.89	0.48	0.21	0.06	0.77	0.71	0.66	0.93	-	-	-	-	chicken, rice, peas, animal fat, beef
28	0.76	0.79	0.83	0.82	0.20	0.16	0.22	0.57	0.46	0.87	0.90	0.90	-	-	-	poultry, salmon, millet, barley, corn, rice, potatoes, dried beet pulp, animal fat
29	0.11	0.70	0.39	0.26	0.25	0.73	0.24	0.23	0.38	0.47	0.27	0.50	0.41	-	-	herring, sardines, flounder, cod, hake, green peas, red lentils, chickpeas, green lentils, red banded redfish, pinto beans, peas, pollock oil
30	0.02	−0.08	−0.24	−0.23	−0.48	−0.09	0.01	−0.07	−0.49	−0.05	−0.14	−0.26	−0.02	−0.24	-	potatoes, Hermetia illucens, poultry fat

—cereal foods; —cereal-free foods; —x ≥ +0.75 (high similarity); —+0.75 > x > +0.30 (moderate similarity); —+0.30 ≥ x ≥ -0.30 (no similarity); —−0.30 > x > −0.75 (moderate dissimilarity); —x ≤ −0.75 (high dissimilarity).