wheat bran

Grain

Wheat bran is breakfast-aisle fiber doing pet-food work — insoluble bulk with a laxative reputation, and another wheat word for the tally.

What it is

The wheat kernel's outer layers: classic insoluble fiber, faster-acting on stool than most, with the B-vitamin traces bran layers carry everywhere.

Why it's in pet food

Stool regularity and economical bulk. Bran's human constipation reputation translates loosely — in pets it's one fiber tool among gentler ones (psyllium, beet pulp) that vets usually prefer.

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.

Wheat-worded: splitting-base membership and first-ingredient mechanics both attach to the word. Practical read: bran lives mid-list as a fiber; its scoring life is mostly as a potential third wheat word in fraction-stacked budget formulas.

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Bowlmark. "Wheat bran in pet food — what it is and how it scores." https://www.bowlmark.com/ingredient/wheat-bran

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