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Peas

Peas appears on the labels of 101 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (41 percent of the database), in label forms including Peas, Dried Peas, Green Peas, PEAS, peas, whole peas.

What it is

Whole peas: starch, fibre and roughly a quarter protein by weight, the workhorse legume of grain free recipes.

Why makers use it

They bind grain free kibble in place of grain and carry part of its protein figure with them.

What to watch for

Read pea lines as a family. Whole peas, pea protein, pea starch and pea fibre on one panel are one ingredient split four ways, and together they would rank far higher than any single line.

Highest scoring recipes that carry it

RecipeScore / 100FormatLife stage
Orijen Six Fish98Dry foodAll life stages
Orijen Tundra98Dry foodAll life stages
Orijen Wild Reserve Wild-Caught Fish98Dry foodAll life stages
Orijen Original98Dry foodAll life stages
Orijen Puppy Large98Dry foodAll life stages
Orijen Small Breed98Dry foodAll life stages
Orijen Wild Reserve Free-Run Chicken98Dry foodAll life stages
Orijen Senior97Dry foodAdult 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.

Often on the same panels

Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack), Chelated and Proteinate Minerals, Selenium Yeast and Sodium Selenite, Salt. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.

Sources and method.

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.