peanut hulls

What it is

Ground peanut shells: insoluble, unfermentable fiber in the cellulose tier, historically infamous as the bulk agent of bargain feeds. Functionally they do what powdered cellulose does — dilute calories and add stool structure — with a less refined pedigree.

Why it's in pet food

Cost-driven fiber, occasionally legitimate diet-food work. The reputation problem is real: hulls read as 'floor sweepings' to shoppers, and premium brands avoid the wording even when the function is identical to their 'cellulose.'

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.

Neutral — the engine prices inert fiber at zero under every name, and the cellulose page's context test applies verbatim: in a weight-management food, hull fiber is the mechanism; in a full-price maintenance food, it's dilution wearing a work uniform. The aflatoxin note applies to kernels, not appreciably to processed hull fiber.

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Foods that list peanut hulls

No food on the shelf lists peanut hulls 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
• WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — weight management toolkit

Related ingredients

• pea starch
• peanut butter
• peanut flour
• peanuts
• peas
• pinto beans

Further reading

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