INGREDIENT
Oats
Also printed as “Organic Oats” on some labels. Same ingredient.
The grain of the oat plant.
Why It Turns Up In Dog Food
- Beta-glucan fiber steadies digestion, and many wheat-sensitive dogs handle oats fine.
Other Names For This
Manufacturers do not all use the same wording. These all mean the same thing.
Foods That List It
A few of the recipes in the archive with this on the label.
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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