Brewers Rice Flour
Our ingredient score: 1 / 5 · Starch or refined grain · How We Score
Brewers rice is the small pieces of rice that break off during milling; the name comes from its traditional use by brewers. Rice flour is a similar refined starch. With the bran and germ removed, most of the fiber and vitamins are gone, and what remains is mainly starch for energy. It is common in sensitive stomach foods because it is easy to digest. The larger its share in the food, the less room is left for meat and fat.
Common Questions
Is brewers rice flour safe for cats?
Brewers rice flour is brewers rice, the broken fragments of milled white rice, ground into a fine flour. It is mostly starch. Tufts veterinary nutritionists say cats can digest properly cooked carbohydrates but have no specific dietary requirement for them as adults. For a cat with diabetes or another medical condition, your veterinarian can advise on how much carbohydrate its food should contain.
Source: sites.tufts.edu
Why is brewers rice flour in cat food?
It adds starch for energy and helps hold kibble together. As a fine flour, it mixes evenly into the dough and cooks into a uniform texture. Pettings notes that refined rice starches like this one provide little fiber or vitamin content because the bran and germ have been removed before milling.
What is the difference between brewers rice and brewers rice flour?
Brewers rice is the broken pieces of white rice left from milling. Brewers rice flour is those same pieces ground into flour. The nutrition is close to identical, and Pettings scores both 1 out of 5. They get separate pages because labels use both names, and brewers rice is far more common. It appears on 1 of the 149 dry foods we list.
Is brewers rice flour gluten-free?
Yes. Rice does not contain gluten, the protein group found in wheat, barley and rye, so brewers rice flour is gluten-free by nature. Some owners look for rice instead of wheat when a cat reacts to wheat, which the Merck Veterinary Manual lists as a less common food allergen source in cats. Check the whole label, since other ingredients may contain wheat.
Source: merckvetmanual.com
How does Pettings score brewers rice flour?
Pettings scores brewers rice flour 1 out of 5 and lists it as a starch or refined grain. We found it on 1 of the 149 dry cat foods in our list. The ingredient score is separate from a food's overall score, which you can see on each food's page.
How Foods With Brewers Rice Flour Compare
Brewers Rice Flour is on the label of 1 of the 149 dry cat foods we list.