Wheat

Wheat appears on the labels of 24 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (10 percent of the database), in label forms including Wheat Gluten, Wheat Flour, Whole Grain Wheat, whole grain wheat, wheat bran, Wheat Bran and 3 more label forms.

What it is

Wheat grain or its fractions, including wheat gluten, the elastic protein bakers rely on.

Why makers use it

Energy, kibble binding and cheap protein from the gluten fraction.

What to watch for

True wheat allergy in dogs is uncommon; wheat is flagged by our rubric as a low cost calorie source, in the same spirit as corn, not as a danger.

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

Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack), Choline Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Salt. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.