triticale
Triticale is the wheat-rye hybrid with the portmanteau name — a real 20th-century crop, gluten-bearing, and off every engine roster.
What it is
A deliberate cross of wheat (Triticum) and rye (Secale), bred for wheat's yield and rye's hardiness. It carries gluten from both parents — the wheat-allergy caveat applies as it does to spelt.
Why it's in pet food
An economical, hardy grain occasionally chosen for supply or novelty. Its unfamiliarity is agricultural history, not risk.
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: like spelt, triticale's wheat parentage doesn't put it on the wheat rosters — the rules match wordings, and this word matches nothing. The elimination-diet note carries the practical weight: wheat-sensitive pets should treat triticale as family.
Foods that list triticale
No food on the shelf lists triticale yet. Scan a bag that does and its label joins the catalog — versioned from the day it arrives.
Sources
Related ingredients
Further reading
Cite this page
Bowlmark. "Triticale in pet food — what it is and how it scores." https://www.bowlmark.com/ingredient/triticale
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