Rice in Dog Food: Which Recipes List It

Rice 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 rice 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 Rice Is on a Label

Rice is a grain. Labels distinguish brown rice, white rice, brewer's rice, and rice bran as separate, individually named ingredients.

How Many of the 958 Foods List Rice

399 of the 958 foods in the Dog Food Library list rice in their ingredient panel, as compiled from each manufacturer's own product page. Of those 399 foods, 315 list rice among the first five ingredients on the label, and the remaining 84 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 Rice

The Dog Food Library lists 399 foods with rice on the label. Below are 25 of them, shown as brand and recipe name and linked to that food's full spec sheet.

• A Pup Above: Chicka Chicka Bow Wow Recipe All Life Stages Fresh
• A Pup Above: Turkey Pawella Recipe All Life Stages Fresh
• Annamaet: Adult Formula All Life Stages Dry
• Authority: Everyday Health Adult Chicken Rice Adult Dry
• Authority: Everyday Health All Life Stages Chicken Rice All Life Stages Dry
• Authority: Everyday Health Lamb Rice Adult Dry
• Authority: Everyday Health Puppy Chicken Rice Puppy Dry
• Authority: Everyday Health Senior 7 Chicken Rice Senior Dry
• Authority: Everyday Health Small Breed Adult Chicken Rice Adult Dry
• Beneful: Freshly Prepared Meals Beef Stew Adult Wet
• Beneful: Freshly Prepared Meals Chicken Stew Adult Wet
• Beneful: Freshly Prepared Meals Roasted Chicken Recipe Adult Wet
• Beneful: Freshly Prepared Meals Roasted Turkey Medley Adult Wet
• Beneful: Freshly Prepared Meals Savory Rice Lamb Stew Adult Wet
• Beneful: Freshly Prepared Meals Simmered Beef Entree Adult Wet
• Beneful: Freshly Prepared Meals Simmered Chicken Medley Adult Wet
• Beneful: Healthy Puppy With Farm Raised Chicken Puppy Dry
• Beneful: Healthy Weight With Farm Raised Chicken Adult Dry
• Beneful: Incredibites With Farm Raised Beef Adult Dry
• Beneful: Incredibites With Farm Raised Chicken Adult Dry
• Beneful: Incredibites With Real Beef Tomatoes Carrots Wild Rice Adult Wet
• Beneful: Incredibites With Real Chicken Tomatoes Carrots Wild Rice Adult Wet
• Beneful: Incredibites With Real Salmon Tomatoes Carrots Wild Rice Adult Wet
• Beneful: Originals With Farm Raised Chicken Adult Dry
• Beneful: Originals With Natural Salmon Adult Dry

How to Check a Specific Food

To look up whether a particular food lists rice, 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 rice in dog food

How many of the 958 dog foods in the library list rice?

399 of the 958 foods in the Dog Food Library list rice on their ingredient panel, as compiled from manufacturer product pages.

Where does rice usually appear in the ingredient order?

Of the 399 foods that list rice, 315 show it among the first five ingredients and 84 show it later in the list, based on each manufacturer's own published order.

Which brands include rice in the Dog Food Library?

Examples in the Dog Food Library include A Pup Above, Annamaet, and Authority, among the 399 foods that list rice; see the full list on this page.