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Whole Grain Sorghum

Sorghum grain with its bran and germ intact, a gluten-free cereal also known as milo.

Whole Grain Sorghum

Our read // In our catalog

In 1 of every 36 foods we track

Share of foods that list it

3%

71 of the 2,523 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 7 brands. All dry dog food.

Each square is 1% of the catalog

Where it sits on the label

Median position 6. In the top five of 34 foods, so it is usually a supporting ingredient.

Top five List position, heaviest first

Above the salt

100%

Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.

Price per lb

Foods with it $2.64
All foods $3.23

Median of the cheapest bag price across 65 priced foods, 18% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.

Who leans on it

38%

of the foods that list it are from Nutro. 7 brands use it in total.

What it is

Why it turns up in dog food

  • Steady energy without a blood sugar spike, and no gluten for wheat-sensitive dogs.

Who uses it

Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps

Top brands, by foods that list it

  1. Nutro 27
  2. Hill's 24
  3. Blue Seal 7
  4. NutriSource 7
  5. Canidae 3
  6. Victor 2
  7. Fromm 1

Amazon best sellers that list it

  1. #9 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food
  2. #25 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food
  3. #60 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
  4. #73 Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Small Paws Chicken Meal, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
  5. #77 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
  6. #95 Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Small Bites Chicken & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food

Rank on Amazon's dog food best seller list, checked October 2026.

Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it

  1. Chicken Fat 85%
  2. Chicken Meal 85%
  3. Brewers Rice 56%
  4. Chicken 51%
  5. Dried Plain Beet Pulp 44%
  6. Brown Rice 34%
  7. Natural Flavor 34%
  8. Whole Grain Barley 31%
  9. Cracked Pearled Barley 30%
  10. Barley 27%
  11. Flaxseed 25%
  12. Whole Grain Wheat 24%

On the shelf

Foods that list it

71 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.

Blue Seal EnTrust Healthy Adult Formula - Lamb & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food24.7% proteinBlue Seal EnTrust Healthy Senior Formula Dry Dog Food28.1% proteinCanidae All Life Stages High Protein , Multi-Protein Recipe Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinCanidae All Life Stages Real Salmon & Ancient Grains Recipe​ Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinFromm Adult Ancient Gold Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinHill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food-- proteinHill’s Prescription Diet g/d Aging Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food20.6% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food21.7% protein
Show 52 more Nutro Natural Choice Adult Small Bites , Salmon & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinBlue Seal EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula Dry Dog Food27.0% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Chicken & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food22.2% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Pollock Meal & Insect Recipe Dry Dog Food24.4% proteinNutriSource Chicken Puppy Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNutro Ultra Small Breed, Weight Management, The Superfood Plate with a Trio of Proteins from Chicken, Lamb and Salmon Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinVictor Purpose Bully Fuel, beef and chicken recipe, boasts a 34/22 Dry Dog Food37.8% proteinVictor Classic Hi-Pro Plus Small & Medium Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinCanidae Pure Farm to Bowl Wild-Caught Salmon & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNutriSource Choice Large Breed Beef Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinNutro Max Large Breed Adult Chicken Dry Dog Food22.2% proteinNutro Max Adult Lamb Dry Dog Food24.4% proteinNutriSource Choice Large Breed Chicken Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinNutro Max Adult Chicken Dry Dog Food24.4% proteinNutro Max Senior Chicken Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinNutro Max Adult Beef Dry Dog Food24.4% proteinNutro Max Minichunks Chicken Dry Dog Food24.4% proteinNutro Max Large Breed Puppy Chicken Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinNutro Max Puppy Chicken Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNutriSource Choice Beef Meal & Barley Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food21.7% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food17.2% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food21.7% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food22.2% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Dry Dog Food22.3% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food17.2% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small Bites Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult 6+ Large Breed Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food17.2% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Healthy Mobility Large Breed Chicken Meal, Brown Rice & Barley Dry Dog Food20.5% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Large Breed Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food23.3% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Small Paws Chicken Meal, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food17.2% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food23.3% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Healthy Mobility Small Bites Chicken Meal, Brown Rice & Barley Dry Dog Food19.4% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult 11+ Small Paws Chicken Meal, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food20.0% proteinHill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food23.3% proteinBlue Seal Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food29.2% proteinBlue Seal Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food31.5% proteinBlue Seal Entrust Large Breed Puppy Chicken Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food31.5% proteinHill’s Healthy Advantage Adult 7+ Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food-- proteinHill’s Science Diet Puppy Large Breed Chicken Meal & Oats Recipe Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinHill’s Science Diet Puppy Small Paws Chicken Meal, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food27.2% proteinHill’s Science Diet Puppy Small Bites Chicken & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinNutriSource Large Breed Chicken & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinNutriSource Choice Chicken Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinNutriSource Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinNutro Ultra Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNutro Ultra Weight Management Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinNutro Ultra Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food24.4% proteinNutro Ultra Adult Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinNutro Ultra Puppy Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinNutro Ultra Senior Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNutro Ultra Small Breed Weight Management Dry Dog Food31.1% protein
An ingredient on its own tells you very little. What matters is how much of it there is and where it sits in the list. That is why we weigh the top five rather than reacting to any single name further down. Back to the wiki

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