Ingredient file // Ingredient
Wheat
Printed as “Ground Wheat” on some labels. Same ingredient.
The grain of the wheat plant, one of the most widely grown cereals.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 31 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
3%
81 of the 2,473 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 8 brands. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 4. In the top five of 65 foods, so it is usually a main ingredient.
Above the salt
Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 74 priced foods, 12% below the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
49%
of the foods that list it are from Royal Canin. 8 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Straightforward carbohydrate energy. One of the more common triggers for food-sensitive dogs.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Amazon best sellers that list it
- #21 Cesar Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Dry Dog Food
- #98 Royal Canin French Bulldog Adult Dry Dog Food
- #99 Kibbles n Bits Bacon & Steak Flavor 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
- Corn 79%
- Natural Flavor 78%
- Chicken Fat 78%
- Chicken By-Product Meal 69%
- Brewers Rice 65%
- Dried Plain Beet Pulp 64%
- Wheat Gluten 46%
- Corn Gluten Meal 36%
- Brown Rice 28%
- Soybean Meal 28%
- Corn Protein Meal 25%
- Grain Sorghum 23%
On the shelf
Foods that list it
81 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.
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Eukanuba Premium Performance 26/16 Exercise Small Bites Dry Dog Food28.7% proteinRoyal Canin Size Health Nutrition Large Weight Care Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinEukanuba Adult LP Large Breed Dry Dog Food25.0% proteinOl’ Roy Puppy Complete Chicken and Oatmeal Flavor Dry Dog Food30.7% proteinOl’ Roy Complete Nutrition Small Bites Complete Nutrition Chicken and Rice Flavor Dry Dog Food23.3% proteinEukanuba Adult LP Small & Medium Breed Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinBlue Seal Natural 26 Dry Dog Food29.5% proteinEukanuba Senior Large Breed Dry Dog Food28.3% proteinEukanuba Adult Large Breed Lamb Dry Dog Food25.0% proteinEukanuba Puppy Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinEukanuba Puppy Large Breed Dry Dog Food28.3% proteinEukanuba Senior Medium Breed Dry Dog Food29.4% proteinEukanuba Fit Body Medium Breed Weight Control Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinEukanuba Adult Small Breed Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinEukanuba Puppy Medium Breed Dry Dog Food32.2% proteinEukanuba Senior Small Breed Dry Dog Food32.2% proteinEukanuba Fit Body Small Breed Weight Control Dry Dog Food32.2% proteinEukanuba Puppy Small Breed Dry Dog Food35.6% proteinEukanuba Senior Dry Dog Food30.0% proteinEukanuba Adult Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinEukanuba Adult Medium Breed Dry Dog Food27.2% proteinEukanuba Fit Body Large Breed Weight Control Dry Dog Food28.9% proteinEukanuba Adult Small Bites Dry Dog Food27.2% proteinEukanuba Adult Large Breed Chicken Dry Dog Food24.4% proteinCesar Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Dry Dog Food29.5% proteinCesar Rotisserie Chicken Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Dry Dog Food29.5% proteinCesar Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Dry Dog Food29.5% proteinRoyal Canin Veterinary Mature Consult Dry Dog Food23.5% proteinRoyal Canin Veterinary Urinary SO + Satiety Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinRoyal Canin Veterinary Urinary UC Dry Dog Food20.0% proteinRoyal Canin Veterinary Satiety Support Weight Management Dry Dog Food31.3% proteinRoyal Canin Veterinary Calm Dry Dog Food25.6% proteinRoyal Canin Veterinary Satiety Support Weight Management Small Dog Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinRoyal Canin Veterinary Gastrointestinal High Fiber Dry Dog Food23.5% proteinRoyal Canin Dalmatian Adult Dry Dog Food22.2% proteinRoyal Canin Large Adult 5+ Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinRoyal Canin Large Sensitive Skin Care Dry Dog Food25.7% proteinRoyal Canin X-Small Weight Care Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinRoyal Canin Golden Retriever Puppy Dry Dog Food30.2% proteinRoyal Canin French Bulldog Adult Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinRoyal Canin Bichon Frise Adult Dry Dog Food30.2% proteinRoyal Canin Medium Aging 10+ Dry Dog Food26.8% proteinRoyal Canin Small Coat Care Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinRoyal Canin Small Sensitive Skin Care Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinRoyal Canin Large Puppy Dry Dog Food31.1% proteinRoyal Canin Rottweiler Puppy Dry Dog Food32.2% proteinRoyal Canin Rottweiler Adult Dry Dog Food26.7% proteinRoyal Canin Large Adult Dry Dog Food26.8% proteinRoyal Canin Miniature Schnauzer Puppy Dry Dog Food31.3% proteinRoyal Canin Poodle Puppy Dry Dog Food34.6% proteinRoyal Canin Beagle Adult Dry Dog Food27.8% proteinRoyal Canin Medium Adult Dry Dog Food25.7% proteinOn labels as
Other names for this
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.