Wheat gluten

PETLYTIC SCORE

Acceptable

35/100 risk index

Wheat gluten 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.

THE HONEST ANSWER

Protein concentrate from grain processing. Used to boost protein percentage cheaply.

FDA PET STATUS

GRAS

FDA HUMAN STATUS

Not evaluated

EFSA STATUS

Not evaluated

NTP CARCINOGEN

Not listed

What Wheat gluten actually is

Protein concentrate from grain processing. Used to boost protein percentage cheaply.

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 WHEAT GLUTEN

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
Royal Canin	Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition Labrador Retriever Adult Dry Dog Food 30 lb	dry dog	66
Hills Prescription Diet	Hill's Prescription Diet c/d Urinary Care Dry Cat Food 17.6 lb	dry cat	66
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
Royal Canin	Oral Care	dry cat	57
Royal Canin	RC CAT WET FCN HAIRBALL 85GR	wet cat	56
Royal Canin	sterilised mini	other	56
Royal Canin	yorkshire puppy	dry dog	56
Royal Canin	RoyalCanin care Digestive	other	56
Sheba	Soup with chicken	wet dog	54
Royal Canin	Urinary Care	dry cat	54
Royal Canin	Weight Care	dry dog	48
Purina	Beggin' Thick Cut Hickory Smoke Flavor	treat dog	46
Royal Canin	rc dog dry shn xsmall 1.5kg	dry dog	43
Cesar	Filet n Chicken 6ct	wet dog	40
Heart to Tail	Prime rib flavor in gravy	wet dog	40
Dog Chow	Turkey n Gravy	wet dog	40
Dog Chow	Lamb n Gravy	wet dog	40
Fancy Feast	Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Chicken Feast in Gravy Wet Cat Food 3 oz (24-pack)	wet cat	40
Whiskas	Poultry selection in gravy	wet cat	40

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