Black Gold
Explorer Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Formula Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $1.12/lb
Black Gold Explorer Chicken Meal & Brown Rice 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. chicken 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
26%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
3.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
51 total - 1 chicken meal protein animal
- 2 brown rice grain
- 3 oatmeal grain
- 4 sorghum grain
- 5 chicken fat fat
- 6 pearled barley grain
- 7 dried plain beet pulp
- 8 brewers rice
- 9 natural flavors other
- 10 flaxseed fat
- 11 salmon oil fat
- 12 potassium chloride mineral
- 13 monosodium phosphate
- 14 salt mineral
- 15 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 16 niacin supplement vitamin
- 17 d-calcium pantothenate vitamin
- 18 riboflavin supplement vitamin
- 19 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 20 vitamin d3 supplement vitamin
- 21 vitamin b12 supplement vitamin
- 22 pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin
- 23 biotin vitamin
- 24 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 25 folic acid vitamin
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