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American Journey Grain-Free Large Breed Puppy Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag
American Journey

Grain-Free Large Breed Puppy Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.50/lb

American Journey Grain-Free Large Breed Puppy Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 54/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.

STACK

Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

CAP why?

Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..

CIP

Controversial ingredients · 1

  • sodium selenite
    Synthetic selenium source. Selenium is essential, but sodium selenite has a narrower safety margin than organic alternatives like selenium yeast. Better-formulated foods use the organic form.

Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →

Guaranteed analysis
Protein
30%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
6%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
45 total
  1. 1 deboned chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 turkey meal
  4. 4 peas
  5. 5 chickpeas
  6. 6 sweet potato
  7. 7 dried plain beet pulp
  8. 8 natural flavor
  9. 9 pea protein
  10. 10 chicken fat
  11. 11 fish meal
  12. 12 flaxseed
  13. 13 salmon oil
  14. 14 blueberries
  15. 15 carrots
  16. 16 salt
  17. 17 dried bacillus coagulans fermentation product
  18. 18 dried kelp
  19. 19 fructooligosaccharides
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 vitamin e supplement
  22. 22 taurine
  23. 23 mixed tocopherols
  24. 24 ferrous sulfate
  25. 25 zinc proteinate

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