Wheat
carb · base score -1 · also listed as wheat, wheat flour, common wheat, triticum aestivum, flour, wheatmeal, wheat meal
What is it?
Wheat is a carbohydrate (starch/filler) ingredient. Graded poor: cheap, vague or of questionable value, so it drags a product’s score down.
At a glance
- Category
- carb
- Grade
- poor
- Base score
- -1 (from −1 to 1; higher is better)
- Found in
- 361 products
- Also listed as
- wheat, wheat flour, common wheat, triticum aestivum, flour, wheatmeal, wheat meal
Common questions about wheat
Is Wheat good for dogs?
We grade it as a poor ingredient: typically cheap, vague or of questionable nutritional value, so it drags a product’s score down. One poor ingredient does not make a food bad on its own, but a recipe built from several usually scores low.
How many UK dog foods contain wheat?
361 UK products list wheat as an ingredient in our database. The full list is shown below, sorted by rating.
What else is wheat called on labels?
Manufacturers list it under several names: wheat, wheat flour, common wheat, triticum aestivum, flour, wheatmeal, wheat meal. We match all of these to the same glossary entry when we read a label.
How does Open Dog Food grade wheat?
We grade it poor, our lowest grade, used for cheap, vague or low-value ingredients. Every ingredient is converted to its dry-matter share and scored from our glossary before a recipe gets its 1-100 rating; the full method is on our methodology page.
Is wheat bad for dogs?
For the vast majority of dogs, wheat is digested without any problem, and true wheat sensitivities are rarer than marketing suggests. It is simply a cheap, low-value way to bulk out a recipe compared with meat or more nutritious carbohydrates. If your vet has identified a genuine sensitivity, use the homepage filter to find foods that do not list it.
