Ingredient file // Ingredient
Oats
Printed as “Ground Oats” on some labels. Same ingredient.
The grain of the oat plant.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 26 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
4%
97 of the 2,523 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 20 brands. 82 dry dog food, 11 wet dog food, 4 dog food topper.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 4. In the top five of 66 foods, so it is usually a main ingredient.
1
1st
36
2-3
29
4-5
26
6-10
5
11-20
0
21+
Top five
List position, heaviest first
Above the salt
Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.
Price per lb
Foods with it
$3.92
All foods
$3.23
Median of the cheapest bag price across 70 priced foods, 21% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
26%
of the foods that list it are from Nulo. 20 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Beta-glucan fiber steadies digestion, and many wheat-sensitive dogs handle oats fine.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Plus 10 more brands.
Amazon best sellers that list it
Rank on Amazon's dog food best seller list, checked October 2026.
Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it
- Barley 62%
- Flaxseed 57%
- Chicken Fat 49%
- Brown Rice 42%
- Chicken Meal 40%
- Chicken 30%
- Turkey Meal 27%
- Millet 24%
- Natural Flavor 23%
- Turkey 21%
- Carrots 20%
- Peas 15%
On the shelf
Foods that list it
97 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.
Blackwood Large Breed Adult Dog White Fish With Ancient Grains Recipe Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinBlackwood Lean Senior Adult Dog Chicken Meal Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food22.2% proteinBlue Seal EnTrust Healthy Adult Formula - Lamb & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food24.7% proteinBlue Seal Native Level 1 Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinBlue Seal Native Level 4 Chicken Meal & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food38.9% proteinBlue Wilderness Beef & Chicken with Grains Wet Dog Food45.5% proteinBlue Wilderness Turkey & Chicken with Grains Wet Dog Food45.5% proteinDr. Tim’s Metabolite Weight Management Dry Dog Food33.3% protein
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Blue True Solutions Weight Control Wet Dog Food34.1% proteinHalo Holistic Vegan Plant-Based with Kelp Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food29.7% proteinBlue True Solutions Small Breed Wet Dog Food34.1% proteinOpen Farm Pasture-Raised Lamb Ancient Grains Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinVerus Canine Turkey & Veggie Paté Formula Wet Dog Food36.4% proteinSimply Nourish Homestyle Adult Wet Dog Food25.0% proteinGo! Solutions Skin + Coat Care Pollock Pâté Wet Dog Food36.4% proteinGo! Solutions Skin + Coat Care Shredded Chicken Wet Dog Food47.2% proteinGo! Solutions Skin + Coat Care Turkey + Salmon Pâté Wet Dog Food40.9% proteinNutriSource Hunter’s Bounty Wet Dog Food43.2% proteinZignature Inception Chicken Recipe Food Can Wet Dog Food36.4% proteinThe Honest Kitchen Whole Grain Lamb Clusters Dry Dog Food26.2% proteinThe Honest Kitchen Whole Grain Turkey & Chicken Essential Clusters Dry Dog Food25.0% proteinHorizon Pulsar WG Salmon - Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinThe Honest Kitchen Whole Grain Beef & Chicken Essential Clusters Dry Dog Food25.0% proteinOpen Farm Dry Puppy Food Salmon Puppy Food with Ancient Grains Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinOpen Farm RawMix Tide & Terrain Ancient Grains Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinOpen Farm RawMix Large Breed with Ancient Grains Dry Dog Food32.2% proteinHalo Elevate Healthy Grains Chicken Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food35.2% proteinHealth Extension Ancestry Chicken Meal and Rice Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinOpen Farm GoodGut Wild-Caught Salmon Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinOpen Farm Ancient Grains New Zealand Venison with Ancient Grains Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinOpen Farm Ancient Grains Front Range Ancient Grains for Dogs - RawMix Dry Dog Food32.2% proteinOpen Farm Farmer’s Table Pork Ancient Grains Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinNulo Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish Recipe Dry Dog Food38.9% proteinOpen Farm Ancient Grains High Protein Puppy Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinOpen Farm Goodbowl Wild-Caught Salmon & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinNulo Culinary Harvest Puppy Chicken & Whitefish Recipe Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinNulo Culinary Harvest Beef, Pork & Lamb Recipe Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinNulo Culinary Harvest Chicken & Whitefish Recipe Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinNulo Culinary Harvest Small Breed Beef, Pork & Lamb Recipe Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinNulo Culinary Harvest Turkey & Herring Recipe Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinNulo Challenger Large Breed Puppy Organic Ancient Grains Beef, Lamb & Pork Recipe Dry Dog Food35.6% proteinNulo MedalSeries Puppy Ancient Grains Turkey, Oats & Guinea Fowl Recipe Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinNulo MedalSeries Ancient Grains Salmon, Oats & Haddock Recipe Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinNulo Frontrunner Ancient Grains Pork, Barley & Beef Recipe Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinNulo Frontrunner Puppy Ancient Grains Chicken, Oats & Turkey Recipe Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinNulo Frontrunner Ancient Grains Chicken, Oats & Turkey Recipe Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinNulo Challenger Small Breed Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish Recipe Dry Dog Food38.9% proteinNulo Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Beef, Lamb & Pork Recipe Dry Dog Food38.9% proteinZignature Select Cuts Puppy Formula with Super Grains Dry Dog Food29.4% proteinZignature Select Cuts Turkey Formula with Super Grains Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinZignature Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinZignature Inception Chicken Formula Dry Dog Food23.9% proteinHalo Elevate Healthy Grains Chicken Recipe Dry Puppy Dry Dog Food36.3% proteinHalo Elevate Healthy Grains Chicken Recipe Small Breed Dry Dog Food34.1% proteinHalo Elevate Healthy Grains Salmon Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food34.1% proteinHalo Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food35.2% proteinHalo Elevate Healthy Grains Red Meat Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food35.2% proteinNulo Frontrunner Small Breed Ancient Grains Turkey, Whitefish & Quinoa Recipe Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinNulo Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl Recipe Dry Dog Food38.9% proteinNulo MedalSeries Small Breed Ancient Grains Salmon, Oats & Acadian Redfish Recipe Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinNulo Frontrunner Ancient Grains Beef, Barley & Lamb Recipe Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinNulo Raw Medley Salmon, Sweet Potato & Turkey Recipe Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinNulo Raw Medley Small Breed Turkey, Sweet Potato & Duck Recipe Dry Dog Food33.3% proteinOn labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.
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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