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

Grain-Free Large Breed Puppy Salmon & 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 Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 55/100 (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 salmon as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

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

FQI

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

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
32%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
4.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
45 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 turkey meal
  4. 4 peas
  5. 5 sweet potato
  6. 6 chickpeas
  7. 7 pea protein
  8. 8 chicken fat
  9. 9 dried plain beet pulp
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 flaxseed
  12. 12 fish meal
  13. 13 blueberries
  14. 14 carrots
  15. 15 salt
  16. 16 salmon oil
  17. 17 dried bacillus coagulans fermentation product
  18. 18 dried kelp
  19. 19 fructooligosaccharides
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 mixed tocopherols
  22. 22 vitamin e supplement
  23. 23 taurine
  24. 24 zinc sulfate
  25. 25 ferrous sulfate

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