FAQ of the Day: What are the differences between wheat gluten, wheat germ, and wheat bran?
Friday April 20, 2007
A Reader Asks:
One of the foods I feed my cat contains wheat germ, and another has wheat bran on the label. I'm scared because of the pet food recall of foods with toxic wheat gluten. Are these foods safe for my cat?
A. The short answer is that wheat gluten is the only form of wheat that has yet been identified as having the potential for added melamine, the toxic ingredient blamed for most of the pet food recalls. Here are definitions of these ingredients, along with some other wheat derivatives: read more...
This FAQ is part of a new series of specific questions related to the pet food recall. You may want to bookmark the Cat Food Recall FAQ Index for future reference, as this section will be added to regularly. So far, additional questions include: Please feel free to add additional questions to the comments. I will add those I am able to answer to the FAQ list.
One of the foods I feed my cat contains wheat germ, and another has wheat bran on the label. I'm scared because of the pet food recall of foods with toxic wheat gluten. Are these foods safe for my cat?
A. The short answer is that wheat gluten is the only form of wheat that has yet been identified as having the potential for added melamine, the toxic ingredient blamed for most of the pet food recalls. Here are definitions of these ingredients, along with some other wheat derivatives: read more...
This FAQ is part of a new series of specific questions related to the pet food recall. You may want to bookmark the Cat Food Recall FAQ Index for future reference, as this section will be added to regularly. So far, additional questions include: Please feel free to add additional questions to the comments. I will add those I am able to answer to the FAQ list.
Comments
I would like to know the difference or all the same: rice flour, rice protein concentrate, etc. Could rice flour be contaminated? And why does Pet Gold make my cat very sick and no one will tell where to get the left over food tested? Beware Pet Gold cat canned.
I heard that corn gluten may also be contaminated. It appears on the ingredient list of the Purina Prescription dry food I give to my cat for kidney function. Any information on this?