rice flour

What it is

Milled white or brown rice: bland, digestible, low-allergen starch — the properties that made rice the classic 'sensitive stomach' grain long before marketing named the category.

Why it's in pet food

Binding and energy in treats and limited-ingredient recipes. Rice's allergen profile is among the quietest of the grains, which earns it real work in elimination-adjacent diets.

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.

Rice-worded, so it counts toward the RICE splitting base (≥3 rice words in the top 8 → −12) — but note rice is NOT on the cheap-grain first-ingredient list (that names corn, wheat, soy), so rice flour leading a label takes no first-position deduction. The engine's grain rules distinguish the commodity trio from the rest; rice sits on the calmer side.

Read the full methodology

Foods that list rice flour

Ranked by score where scores exist. Placement here is never sold.

• Purina ONE Plus High Protein Salmon & Ocean Whitefish Formula87
• Purina ONE Sensitive Skin & Stomach Formula87
• Purina ONE Tender Selects Blend With Real Chicken87
• Purina ONE Healthy Weight High Protein Formula84
• Purina ONE Large Breed Adult Formula84
• Purina ONE Healthy Kitten Formula Natural83
• Purina ONE Ideal Weight High Protein Natural Cat Food83
• Royal Canin Appetite Control Care83

Sources

• WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
• MSD Veterinary Manual — dietary management of GI disease

Related ingredients

• quinoa
• rice
• rice bran
• rice hulls
• rice starch
• rye

Further reading

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