GRAIN · PLANT
Cereal Grains and By-products
PETLYTIC SCORE
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50/100 risk index
Cereal Grains and By-products appears in the ingredient lists of thousands of pet foods. Here's what the regulatory record, toxicology data, and veterinary nutrition research actually say about it — not the marketing copy on the bag.
FDA PET STATUS
Not evaluated
FDA HUMAN STATUS
Not evaluated
EFSA STATUS
Not evaluated
NTP CARCINOGEN
Not listed
What Cereal Grains and By-products actually is
Cereal Grains and By-products is a grain commonly found in commercial pet food. It is sourced from plant origins and is classified as watch 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 CEREAL GRAINS AND BY-PRODUCTS
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 | RECALLS (5YR) | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverina | Top Dog Premium Food | dry dog | 0 | 0 |
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