Senior Select Chicken & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag
Bil-Jac Senior Select Chicken & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 37/100 (D) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 49 due to bha.
Graded by The Sniff System
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.
Premium micronutrient forms such as chelated minerals or natural vitamin E.
Contains bha. IARC Group 2B probable carcinogen; CA Prop 65 listed; FDA reassessment announced 2025. Natural alternatives (mixed tocopherols) widely available..
Low protein quality. chicken by-products delivers limited bioavailable amino acids.
Controversial ingredients · 1
- 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 →
- 1 chicken by-products
- 2 corn meal
- 3 chicken protein animal
- 4 dried beet pulp fiber
- 5 oatmeal grain
- 6 brewers dried yeast
- 7 monocalcium phosphate
- 8 calcium carbonate mineral
- 9 flaxseed fat
- 10 choline chloride supplement
- 11 sodium propionate
- 12 dl-methionine supplement
- 13 l-lysine supplement
- 14 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 15 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
- 16 zinc proteinate mineral
- 17 zinc oxide
- 18 copper proteinate mineral
- 19 dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product probiotic
- 20 dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product probiotic
- 21 dried bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product
- 22 vitamin a acetate
- 23 copper sulfate mineral
- 24 inositol vitamin
- 25 niacin supplement vitamin
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