fava bean protein

What it is

Fava bean protein is the concentrated protein fraction of fava beans — the same fractionation strategy as pea protein, applied to a legume with less regulatory attention.

Why it's in pet food

It raises the guaranteed-analysis protein from a plant source. As with every protein concentrate, the honest question is whether it supplements the animal protein or substitutes for it — the top of the label answers that.

How Bowlmark scores it

Scores are deterministic math over the printed label — the rules below apply to every product identically, and nothing estimates or fills in a blank.

Fava bean protein carries no flag today: not a splitting base, not on the legume-rich grain-free flag's term list, no deduction, no bonus. The engine's term lists are versioned, advisor-tuned config — if fava terms are added, this page changes with the rule.

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Foods that list fava bean protein

No food on the shelf lists fava bean protein yet. Scan a bag that does and its label joins the catalog — versioned from the day it arrives.

Sources

• WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food

Related ingredients

• carob
• chickpea flour
• chickpeas
• fava beans
• green beans
• green lentils

Further reading

• Grain-free, legumes and the DCM question
• How to read a pet food label