Black Gold
Explorer Beef Meal & Barley Formula Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $1.53/lb
Black Gold Explorer Beef Meal & Barley Formula Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+16
Reasonable protein quality. beef meal delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+15
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
ACF
−8
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 →
Guaranteed analysis
Protein
24%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
3.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
51 total - 1 beef meal protein animal
- 2 brown rice grain
- 3 pearled barley grain
- 4 chicken meal protein animal
- 5 sorghum grain
- 6 oatmeal grain
- 7 chicken fat fat
- 8 natural flavors other
- 9 dried plain beet pulp
- 10 flaxseed fat
- 11 salmon oil fat
- 12 brewers dried yeast
- 13 dried egg product
- 14 potassium chloride mineral
- 15 salt mineral
- 16 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 17 niacin supplement vitamin
- 18 d-calcium pantothenate vitamin
- 19 riboflavin supplement vitamin
- 20 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 21 vitamin d3 supplement vitamin
- 22 vitamin b12 supplement vitamin
- 23 pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin
- 24 biotin vitamin
- 25 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
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