Black Gold
Explorer Mature 7+ Formula Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $1.43/lb
Black Gold Explorer Mature 7+ Formula Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 71/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber..
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
+14
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
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
27%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
3.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
52 total - 1 chicken meal protein animal
- 2 brown rice grain
- 3 brewers rice
- 4 sorghum grain
- 5 pearled barley grain
- 6 beef meal protein animal
- 7 oatmeal grain
- 8 chicken fat fat
- 9 natural flavors other
- 10 flaxseed fat
- 11 dried plain beet pulp
- 12 salmon oil fat
- 13 potassium chloride mineral
- 14 dried egg product
- 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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