PotentialDobby

I'm losing my mind here. Can someone please break out for me the following:

Grains vs. Non-Grains of common ingredients in pet foods/treats. E.g. Wheat is a grain, Potato is grain free etc. I'm not looking for all of them, just the most common. Corns, wheat, etc.

Hank

considered Grains
Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rice, Barley, Quinoa, Buckwheat, Lentils

In dog food considered grain free
Potato, Sweet Potato, Tapioca, chickpeas, alfalfa


Not sure if soybeans are considered a grain.

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falnfenix

soybeans and peas are fiber sources, as are all legumes (chickpeas fall under this category as well)...at least in the culinary world. alfalfa is generally categorized a grain. tapioca is like potatoes and sweet potatoes - it's a starch derived from a tuber.

Hank

There is alfalfa in Honest Kitchen in a variety that says Grain Free.
The others I get different answers on different websites so I am unsure.

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Hank

I changed my original post because it was making me confused lol

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falnfenix

interesting. i'm looking deeper into this. Wiki states it's a legume, but i've always heard it referred to as a grain.

Adara

Grain free dog food still has to use "something" to bind the kibble. Most use potato and some use tapioca.

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vivienne00

But be careful of the potato ones - if they use potato from non-US sources, it is probably what is leftover from making glue from the Amflora potato - not really a food at all but a genetically engineered biological source for starch.

See Linda's post: TOTW and Potatoes

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vivienne00

Grains generally are the seed of a grass. Soy beans are a legume like peas.

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Hank

I think falnfenix was referring to alfalfa

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falnfenix

that i was! everything i've found shows alfalfa is, in fact, a legume...it's just treated like a grass/hay for livestock feeding, so i assumed it was a grass.