Lentils

Lentils appears on the labels of 24 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (10 percent of the database), in label forms including whole red lentils, whole green lentils, lentil fiber, Lentils.

What it is

Lentils whole or split: a legume of starch, fibre and about a quarter protein.

Why makers use it

Grain free binding and plant protein, with a low glycaemic profile makers like to cite.

What to watch for

Lentils belong to the legume family whose heavy use in grain free diets the FDA investigated for a possible link to dilated cardiomyopathy; the research continues and the honest position is that the question is open.

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

Dried Fermentation Products (Probiotics), Mixed Tocopherols, Chelated and Proteinate Minerals, Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack). The full dictionary is the ingredient index.