INGREDIENT
Buckwheat
The seed of the buckwheat plant, which despite the name is not a wheat and contains no gluten.
Why It Turns Up In Dog Food
- Complete plant protein with no gluten, and a gentler effect on blood sugar than most grains.
Foods That List It
A few of the recipes in the archive with this on the label.
Earthborn Holistic Puppy Vantage Dry Dog Food
30.0% protein
Earthborn Holistic Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods Dry Dog Food
26.7% protein
Earthborn Holistic Unrefined Roasted Rabbit with Ancient Grains & Superfoods Dry Dog Food
25.6% protein
Earthborn Holistic Unrefined Smoked Salmon with Ancient Grains & Superfoods Dry Dog Food
26.7% protein
Earthborn Holistic Unrefined Smoked Turkey with Ancient Grains & Superfoods Dry Dog Food
26.7% protein
Earthborn Holistic Weight Control Dry Dog Food
27.8% 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.
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