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Bab'in Signature Adult Grain-Free Duck Dry Dog Food, 26.4-lb bag
Bab'in

Signature Adult Grain-Free Duck Dry Dog Food, 26.4-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.67/lb

Bab'in Signature Adult Grain-Free Duck Dry Dog Food, 26.4-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 38/100 (D) with Fair evidence. 3 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with duck meal as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with declared fat sources.

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

Contains menadione. Banned for human OTC use but tolerated at AAFCO-permitted levels in pet food. The only AAFCO-permitted vitamin K source..

CIP

Controversial ingredients · 2

  • menadione
    Synthetic vitamin K3. Banned in human supplements due to toxicity concerns at high doses. Permitted in pet food but premium brands use natural vitamin K alternatives.
  • 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
16%
min
Fiber
2.7%
max
Moisture
8.5%
max
Ingredients
45 total
  1. 1 duck meal
  2. 2 peas
  3. 3 duck fat
  4. 4 potato starch
  5. 5 trout meal
  6. 6 chickpeas
  7. 7 dried plain beet pulp
  8. 8 lentils
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 dried egg
  11. 11 brewers dried yeast
  12. 12 inulin
  13. 13 vitamin a acetate
  14. 14 cholecalciferol
  15. 15 vitamin e supplement
  16. 16 menadione ⚠ Synthetic vitamin K3. Banned in human supplements due to toxicity concerns at high doses. Permitted in pet food but premium brands use natural vitamin K alternatives.
  17. 17 thiamine mononitrate
  18. 18 riboflavin supplement
  19. 19 niacinamide
  20. 20 d-calcium pantothenate
  21. 21 pyridoxine hydrochloride
  22. 22 folic acid
  23. 23 biotin
  24. 24 vitamin b12 supplement
  25. 25 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate

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