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

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

Evidence Fair
dry growth $2.08/lb

American Journey Grain-Free Puppy Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 76/100 (A) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..

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

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
5%
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 tapioca starch
  8. 8 dried plain beet pulp
  9. 9 chicken fat
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 salmon oil
  12. 12 fish meal
  13. 13 flaxseed
  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 mixed tocopherols
  23. 23 taurine
  24. 24 zinc sulfate
  25. 25 ferrous sulfate

Showing first 25 of 45. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.

AAFCO statement

This is completely safe for your large breed puppy, as it is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for growth and gestation/lactation including growth of large size dogs (70 lbs or more as an adult).