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Pea Protein appears on the labels of 28 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (11 percent of the database), in label forms including Pea Protein, pea protein.
The protein fraction of the pea, split out and dried to about 80 percent protein.
It raises a panel's protein number from the plant side, most often in grain free recipes.
A heavy pea protein presence means the protein figure is doing plant work. That is a formulation fact to weigh, which is why our ingredient notes call the pattern out by name.
| Recipe | Score / 100 | Format | Life stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream Wet | 91 | Wet food | All life stages |
| Hill's Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Grain Free Chicken & Potato Recipe | 91 | Dry food | Adult maintenance |
| Taste of the Wild Appalachian Valley Small Breed | 90 | Dry food | Adult maintenance |
| Merrick Lil' Plates Small Breed Grain Free Dry Puppy Food | 88 | Dry food | All life stages |
| Merrick Backcountry Bone Broth Coated Beef & Bison | 87 | Dry food | Adult maintenance |
| Merrick Backcountry Freeze Dried Raw Game Bird | 87 | Dry food | Adult maintenance |
| Merrick Backcountry Raw Freeze Dried Big Game | 87 | Dry food | Adult maintenance |
| Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Great Plains Red | 87 | Dry food | Adult maintenance |
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.
Salt, Choline Chloride, Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack), Natural Flavor. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.
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.