Kakadu plum
Terminalia ferdinandiana · KAK-a-doo
A small green fruit from the woodlands of northern Australia. It holds some of the most vitamin C of any fruit, with ellagic acid and other polyphenols.
Its make-up is well measured. No dog study exists.
Kakadu plum is in both powders. Lab analyses of the fruit found 173.5 to 322.2 mg of vitamin C per gram of dried fruit in the best 6 of 45 trees, and 30.5 to 140.2 mg/g of ellagic acid. No study has tested Kakadu plum in dogs yet.
- Kakadu plum
- Lab only. Its make-up is well measured. No dog study exists.
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Every study
Dog studies first. Each card says where the study was done, how it was set up and what it found.
- In dogsClinical study, 15 dogs
Vitamin C in the blood of dogs with a liver shunt
Dogs make their own vitamin C in the liver. Even with liver disease, 13 of 15 dogs had normal blood levels.
Hishiyama et al. · Can J Vet Res · 2006Read the paper (free) - In the labFood analysis
Kakadu plum from Western Australia
The fruit held 25 to 132 mg of vitamin C per gram of dried fruit, and more free ellagic acid than Northern Territory fruit.
Bobasa et al. · Foods · 2024Read the paper (free) - In the labFood analysis
Ellagic acid, vitamin C and oxalate in Kakadu plum
The fruit is high in ellagic acid and vitamin C, and falls in the high-oxalate group of foods.
Williams et al. · Food Res Int · 2016Read the abstract - In the labFood analysis, 45 trees
Vitamin C and polyphenols in 45 Kakadu plum trees
The best 6 trees held 173.5 to 322.2 mg of vitamin C per gram of dried fruit. Ellagic acid ranged from 30.5 to 140.2 mg/g.
Konczak et al. · Food Chem · 2014Read the abstract
Safety notes
- The fruit falls in the high-oxalate group of foods. (Williams 2016)
This page describes ingredient research. It is not veterinary advice. Wellaroo products have not been tested in a trial of their own. Talk to your vet about your dog’s health.