Black Gold
Explorer Sensitive Skin & Coat Ocean Fish Meal & Oat Recipe Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $1.27/lb
Black Gold Explorer Sensitive Skin & Coat Ocean Fish Meal & Oat Recipe Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 57/100 (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
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
52 total - 1 ocean fish meal protein animal
- 2 oatmeal grain
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 chicken meal protein animal
- 5 pearled barley grain
- 6 sorghum grain
- 7 chicken fat fat
- 8 brewers rice
- 9 dried plain beet pulp
- 10 natural flavors other
- 11 flaxseed fat
- 12 salmon oil fat
- 13 potassium chloride mineral
- 14 monosodium phosphate
- 15 dried egg product
- 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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