Oh, and I stay away from wheat gluten because that was the culprit of the big dog food recall in 2007. I doubt it would happen again since it was such a huge deal but yeah, I'd prefer to just stay away from it. But it wasn't ALL wheat, either.
In addition to wheat gluten, products containing rice protein have also been contaminated with melamine. Natural Balance Pet Foods recalled two products on 16 April due to kidney damage associated with melamine contamination despite the products not containing wheat gluten.
[62] Melamine has also been implicated in corn gluten in South Africa.
2007 pet food recalls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This recall was a pretty huge deal and it involved all the major dog food companies, including Eight varieties of Sensible Choice, three varieties of Veterinary Diet, six varieties of Kasco dog and one variety of Kasco cat food.