pea fiber
Pea fiber is the hull fraction of peas — fiber bulk, and a pea-word the splitting rule counts. How Bowlmark scores pea fractions.
Also appears on labels as: pea fibre
What it is
Pea fiber is the fibrous hull fraction left when peas are split into protein and starch streams — mostly insoluble fiber with some soluble. It exists because fractionating peas is how grain-free manufacturing works.
Why it's in pet food
It adds stool-firming fiber cheaply, and it lets a recipe reuse a fraction the pea-protein stream already produced. Three pea fractions on one label is the pattern worth noticing — the same plant wearing three names.
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.
Pea fiber counts as a pea fraction for the splitting rule: three or more pea-word ingredients (peas, pea protein, pea fiber, …) inside the top eight is a single 12-point deduction on the ingredient-quality pillar. It also counts toward the legume-rich grain-free informational flag — a zero-point FDA DCM-inquiry context note when a legume appears in the top five ingredients of a label carrying a grain-free claim.
Foods that list pea fiber
Ranked by score where scores exist. Placement here is never sold.
- Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe93
- Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Small & Mini Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe93
- Silverbirch Feline Science Metabolic Trim High-Fiber Formula92
- Hill's Science Diet Adult Light Small Bites Chicken Meal & Barley Recipe91
- Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight & Joint Support Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe90
- Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Small Bites Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe89
- ORIJEN Fit & Trim88
- Blue Buffalo BLUE Tastefuls Adult Active Cat Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe87
Compare foods that list pea fiber
Same species, same form, both scored — closest scores first, so the comparison is a real one.
- Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe vs Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Small & Mini Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe
- Hill's Science Diet Adult Light Small Bites Chicken Meal & Barley Recipe vs Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight & Joint Support Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe
- Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight & Joint Support Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe vs Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Small Bites Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe
- Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Small Bites Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe vs ORIJEN Fit & Trim
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Further reading
Cite this page
Bowlmark. "Pea fiber in pet food — what it is and how it scores." https://www.bowlmark.com/ingredient/pea-fiber
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