Ingredients

Whole Chickpeas The seed of the chickpea plant, also sold as the garbanzo bean.

Whole Clove Garlic Whole unbroken cloves of garlic.

W Whole Cracked Pearled Barley Cracked pearled barley kept whole rather than further milled.

W Whole Cracked Pearled Buffalo A label combining cracked pearled grain with buffalo, most likely a data entry error on a compound ingredient.

W Whole Dressed Chicken A whole chicken with feathers, head and entrails removed.

Whole Dried Egg Whole eggs with the moisture removed, leaving a concentrated dry egg ingredient.

W Whole Egg Powder Whole egg dried and milled to a powder.

Whole Egg Product Egg content processed into a stable dry or liquid ingredient, minus the shell.

Whole Eggs Whole hen eggs, used fresh or as a processed egg ingredient.

Whole Grain Barley Barley with the bran and germ still on the grain rather than polished away.

Whole Grain Brown Rice Brown rice kept whole, with the bran and germ intact rather than milled away as they are in...

Whole Grain Corn Corn kernels ground with the bran, germ and endosperm still intact, rather than the degermed endosperm used in...

W Whole Grain Ground Corn Whole corn kernels ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ left intact.

Whole Grain Oats Oats with the bran and germ still on the grain rather than milled away.

Whole Grain Rye Rye with the bran and germ still on the grain rather than milled away.

Whole Grain Sorghum Sorghum grain with its bran and germ intact, a gluten-free cereal also known as milo.

Whole Grain Wheat Wheat with the bran, germ and endosperm all left intact, rather than the refined endosperm alone.

W Whole Green Lentils Lentils of the green variety, which keep their skins and hold their shape when cooked.

Whole Green Peas The immature green seed of the pea plant, used fresh or dried.

W Whole Ground Barley Whole grain barley ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ retained.

Whole Ground Flaxseed The seed of the flax plant, used whole or ground.

Whole Ground Peas The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.

W Whole Ground Rye Whole grain rye ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ retained.

W Whole Ground Salmon Whole salmon ground entire, including the frame, rather than fillet alone.

W Whole Herring Whole herring, used entire rather than as fillet alone.

W Whole Herring Meal A meal rendered from whole herring rather than trimmings.

W Whole Mackerel Whole mackerel, used entire rather than as fillet alone.

W Whole Oats Oats kept whole, with the bran and germ intact.

Whole Peas The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.

Whole Potatoes The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.

W Whole Red Lentils Lentils of the red variety, which are hulled and split so they cook down quickly.

W Whole Redfish Whole redfish, used entire rather than as fillet alone.

W Whole Rice Rice kept as a whole grain, with the bran and germ intact.

W Whole Silver Hake Whole silver hake, used entire rather than as fillet alone.

Whole Sorghum Sorghum grain kept whole, with the bran and germ intact rather than milled away.

Whole Sweet Potatoes The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the...

Whole Wheat Wheat with the bran, germ and endosperm left intact rather than refined to the endosperm alone.

Whole Wheat Flour Flour milled from the whole wheat grain, with the bran and germ retained.

W Wild Boar Meat from wild boar, used as an uncommon red meat protein.

W Wild Rice The seed of an aquatic grass, not a true rice.

Wild Salmon Salmon caught in the wild rather than farmed.

Wild Salmon Oil Oil extracted from wild-caught salmon.

X Xanthan The common short name for xanthan gum, a fermentation-derived thickener.

X Xanthan Gum A thickener produced by bacterial fermentation of sugars.

X Xylanase An enzyme that breaks down xylan, a fiber in plant cell walls.

Yams The tuber of the yam plant, distinct from the sweet potato.

Y Yeast Single-celled fungi used as a nutritional ingredient, without the type being specified.

Y Yeast Culture A dried yeast culture including the medium it was grown on, used as a natural source of B...

Y Yeast Extract The soluble portion of yeast cells, concentrated into a flavor ingredient.

Y Yellow Peas The dried yellow field pea, used whole or split in grain-free recipes.

Yellow Split Peas Yellow peas dried and split along their natural seam.

Y Yellow Squash The flesh of the yellow summer squash.

Yogurt Milk fermented with beneficial bacteria.

Yucca Schidigera A desert plant whose extract is rich in saponins.

Yucca Schidigera Extract A concentrated extract of the yucca plant.

Z Zinc Amino Acid Chelate Zinc bound to amino acids to improve absorption.

Z Zinc Amino Acid Complex Zinc complexed with amino acids as a trace mineral supplement.

Z Zinc Chelate Zinc bound to an organic carrier to improve absorption.

Z Zinc Oxide An inorganic zinc compound used as a trace mineral supplement.

Z Zinc Polysaccharide Complex Zinc bound to a polysaccharide carrier.