Quinoa in Dog Food: Which Recipes List It
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Quinoa 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 quinoa 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 Quinoa Is on a Label
Quinoa is a seed that is used the way a grain is used in a recipe. Labels that include it list it as whole quinoa or quinoa seed.
How Many of the 958 Foods List Quinoa
54 of the 958 foods in the Dog Food Library list quinoa in their ingredient panel, as compiled from each manufacturer's own product page. Of those 54 foods, 9 list quinoa among the first five ingredients on the label, and the remaining 45 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 Quinoa
The Dog Food Library lists 54 foods with quinoa on the label. Below are 25 of them, shown as brand and recipe name and linked to that food's full spec sheet.
- Diamond Naturals: Adult Beef Meal Rice
- Diamond Naturals: Adult Lamb Meal Rice
- Diamond Naturals: Large Breed Adult Lamb Meal Rice Formula Adult Dry
- Diamond Naturals: Large Breed Puppy Lamb Rice Formula Puppy Dry
- Diamond Naturals: Light Adult Lamb Meal Rice Formula Adult Dry
- Diamond Naturals: Senior Chicken Egg Oatmeal Dry
- Diamond Naturals: Skin Coat Salmon Potato Dry
- Diamond Naturals: Small Breed Adult Lamb Rice Formula Adult Dry
- Diamond Naturals: Small Medium Breed Puppy Chicken Rice Formula Puppy Dry
- Diamond Pro89: Beef Pork Ancient Grains Formula For Adult Dogs Adult Dry
- Farmina N&D: Farmina ND Quinoa Skin Coat Venison Mini Adult Dry
- Farmina N&D: Farmina ND Quinoa Weight Management Lamb Mini Adult Dry
- Fromm: Gold With Ancient Grains Adult Adult Dry
- Merrick: Healthy Grains Real Chicken Brown Rice Recipe Adult Dry
- Merrick: Kitchen Comforts Healthy Grains Real Beef Brown Rice Recipe
- Merrick: Kitchen Comforts Healthy Grains Real Lamb Brown Rice Recipe
- Merrick: Kitchen Comforts Healthy Grains Real Salmon Brown Rice Recipe
- Merrick: Kitchen Comforts Healthy Grains Small Breed Real Chicken Brown Rice Recipe
- Open Farm: Farmers Table Pork Ancient Grains Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Open Farm: Grass Fed Beef Ancient Grains Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Open Farm: Harvest Chicken Ancient Grains Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Open Farm: Homestead Turkey Ancient Grains Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Open Farm: Pasture Raised Lamb Ancient Grains Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Open Farm: Puppy Chicken Salmon Ancient Grains Recipe Puppy Dry
- Open Farm: Small Breed Chicken Turkey Ancient Grains Recipe All Life Stages Dry
How to Check a Specific Food
To look up whether a particular food lists quinoa, 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 quinoa in dog food
How many of the 958 dog foods in the library list quinoa?
54 of the 958 foods in the Dog Food Library list quinoa on their ingredient panel, as compiled from manufacturer product pages.
Where does quinoa usually appear in the ingredient order?
Of the 54 foods that list quinoa, 9 show it among the first five ingredients and 45 show it later in the list, based on each manufacturer's own published order.
Which brands include quinoa in the Dog Food Library?
Examples in the Dog Food Library include Diamond Naturals, Diamond Pro89, and Farmina N&D, among the 54 foods that list quinoa; see the full list on this page.
