Big Red
Nuggets Dry Dog Food, 50-lb bag
0out of 100
D Evidence Fair
dry $0.64/lb
Big Red Nuggets Dry Dog Food, 50-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 25/100 (D) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 49 due to bha.
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+15
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
STACK
+5
Controversial ingredients · 2
- bhaSynthetic preservative classified by the U.S. National Toxicology Program as 'reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.' Many premium brands have removed it.
- sodium seleniteSynthetic 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
22.5%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
35 total - 1 meat and bone meal
- 2 ground corn grain
- 3 ground whole wheat
- 4 wheat middlings
- 5 animal fat
- 5 bha preservative synthetic ⚠ Synthetic preservative classified by the U.S. National Toxicology Program as 'reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.' Many premium brands have removed it.
- 6 soybeanmeal
- 7 brewers rice
- 8 salmon oil fat
- 9 dried plain beet pulp
- 10 cornprotein meal
- 11 flaxseed fat
- 12 natural flavors other
- 13 salt mineral
- 14 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 15 niacin supplement vitamin
- 16 d-calcium pantothenate vitamin
- 17 riboflavin supplement vitamin
- 18 vitamin asupplement
- 19 vitamin d3 supplement vitamin
- 20 vitamin b12supplement
- 21 pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin
- 22 biotin vitamin
- 23 thiaminemononitrate
- 24 folic acid vitamin
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