Brewers rice

PETLYTIC SCORE

Acceptable

0/100 risk index

Brewers rice is a common pet food ingredient with a mixed record. Here's what the data says about its safety, nutritional value, and how it's used across the brands in our database.

FDA PET STATUS

Not evaluated

FDA HUMAN STATUS

Not evaluated

EFSA STATUS

Not evaluated

NTP CARCINOGEN

Not listed

What Brewers rice actually is

Brewers rice is a grain commonly found in commercial pet food. It is sourced from plant origins and is classified as acceptable quality by Chowmark's scoring rubric.

Why it's still in pet food when human food has moved on

Two reasons: cost and regulatory inertia. Pet food regulation lags human food regulation by decades. Premium brands have largely moved away from it. The cheap ones still use it.

WHICH BRANDS STILL USE BREWERS RICE

We checked every brand in our database. Here's the partial list — the products with the highest sales volume that still include this ingredient.

BRAND	PRODUCT	CATEGORY	SCORE
Purina Pro Plan	Purina Pro Plan Sport 30/20 All Life Stages Chicken & Rice Dry Dog Food 50 lb	dry dog	74
Hill's Science Diet	Hill's Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Dry Dog Food 35 lb	dry dog	70
Hill's Science Diet	Hill's Science Diet Adult Chicken & Barley Dry Dog Food 35 lb	dry dog	70
Hills Prescription Diet	Hill's Prescription Diet k/d Kidney Care Dry Dog Food 27.5 lb	dry dog	68
Royal Canin	Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Medium Adult Dry Dog Food 30 lb	dry dog	68
Hill's Science Diet	Hill's Science Diet Adult Indoor Chicken Recipe Dry Cat Food 16 lb	dry cat	68
Royal Canin	Royal Canin Indoor Adult Dry Cat Food 15 lb	dry cat	64
Royal Canin	Royal Canin Neutered Satiety Balance veterinary care nutrition 12 kg	dry cat	63
Eukanuba	Eukanuba Adult Chicken Dry Dog Food 30 lb	dry dog	62
Purina One	Selective Palate Cat Meat	dry cat	60
Purina One	Dual Defence Chicken Cat Biscuits	dry cat	60
Hill's Science Diet	Adult 1-6	dry cat	59
Eukanuba	Breed Specific Boxer	other	59
Royal Canin	Oral Care	dry cat	57
Hill's	Science Plan Chicken Perfect Weight	dry dog	57
Royal Canin	sterilised mini	other	56
Royal Canin	RoyalCanin care Digestive	other	56
Royal Canin	yorkshire puppy	dry dog	56
Purina One	Purina ONE Tender Selects Blend Adult Cat Chicken Dry Cat Food 22 lb	dry cat	55
Royal Canin	Urinary Care	dry cat	54

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