Lentils in Dog Food: Which Recipes List It
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Lentils shows up across the Dog Food Library, a compiled set of manufacturer-published details for 958 dog foods sold in the United States. This page collects the lentils facts as the manufacturers themselves state them: how many recipes list it, where it typically sits in the ingredient order, and which specific products carry it, with links to check any food's full spec sheet directly.
What Lentils Is on a Label
Lentils are a legume. Labels list them whole or split by color, such as red or green lentils, and some recipes also list a lentil fiber fraction on its own.
How Many of the 958 Foods List Lentils
115 of the 958 foods in the Dog Food Library list lentils in their ingredient panel, as compiled from each manufacturer's own product page. Of those 115 foods, 68 list lentils among the first five ingredients on the label, and the remaining 47 list it later in the panel. Ingredient order on these labels follows pre-cooking weight, so a fresh or wet ingredient can rank higher than a dried one that contributes more to the finished recipe.
Foods That List Lentils
The Dog Food Library lists 115 foods with lentils on the label. Below are 25 of them, shown as brand and recipe name and linked to that food's full spec sheet.
- Acana: Adult Large Breed Recipe Adult Dry
- Acana: Butchers Favorites Farm Raised Beef And Liver Recipe Adult Dry
- Acana: Butchers Favorites Free Run Poultry And Liver Recipe Adult Dry
- Acana: Butchers Favorites Wild Caught Salmon Recipe Adult Dry
- Acana: Classics Beef And Barley Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Classics Chicken And Barley Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Classics Salmon And Barley Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Free Run Poultry Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Freshwater Fish Blend All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Light And Fit Recipe Adult Dry
- Acana: Puppy Recipe Puppy Dry
- Acana: Red Meat Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Singles Beef And Pumpkin Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Singles Duck And Pear Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Singles Grass Fed Lamb Recipe Adult Dry
- Acana: Singles Lamb And Apple Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Singles Pork And Squash Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Sport Agility Recipe Adult Dry
- Acana: Wholesome Grains Large Breed Adult Recipe Adult Dry
- Acana: Wholesome Grains Large Breed Puppy Recipe Puppy Dry
- Canidae: All Life Stages Grain Free Real Chicken Potato Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Canidae: Pure Farm TO Bowl Cage Free Duck Sweet Potato Grain Free Recipe Adult Dry
- Canidae: Pure Farm TO Bowl Free Range Bison Lentil Carrot Grain Free Recipe Adult Dry
- Canidae: Pure Farm TO Bowl Free Range Chicken Lentil Garbanzo Bean Small Breed Recipe Adult Dry
- Canidae: Pure Farm TO Bowl Pasture Raised Lamb And Goat Venison Meals Grain Free Recipe Adult Dry
How to Check a Specific Food
To look up whether a particular food lists lentils, and where, open its entry on the Dog Food Library by brand or put it side by side with another food using the dog food comparison tool. Both pages pull from the same manufacturer-sourced data used to build this page.
For between-meal variety that keeps the main recipe unchanged, browse single ingredient freeze dried dog treats from Sniff and Shift.
Data from maker product pages as compiled for the Dog Food Library; counts as of September 23, 2026.
Questions about lentils in dog food
How many of the 958 dog foods in the library list lentils?
115 of the 958 foods in the Dog Food Library list lentils on their ingredient panel, as compiled from manufacturer product pages.
Where does lentils usually appear in the ingredient order?
Of the 115 foods that list lentils, 68 show it among the first five ingredients and 47 show it later in the list, based on each manufacturer's own published order.
Which brands include lentils in the Dog Food Library?
Examples in the Dog Food Library include Acana, Canidae, and Diamond Naturals, among the 115 foods that list lentils; see the full list on this page.
