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CANIDAE All Life Stages Real Salmon & Ancient Grains Recipe Dry Dog Food, 27-lb bag
CANIDAE

All Life Stages Real Salmon & Ancient Grains Recipe Dry Dog Food, 27-lb bag

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dry all life stages $1.85/lb

CANIDAE All Life Stages Real Salmon & Ancient Grains Recipe Dry Dog Food, 27-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 67/100 (B) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Strong protein profile with salmon as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with salmon as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.

CQI

Contains menadione. Banned for human OTC use but tolerated at AAFCO-permitted levels in pet food. The only AAFCO-permitted vitamin K source..

CIP

Controversial ingredients · 2

  • menadione
    Synthetic vitamin K3. Banned in human supplements due to toxicity concerns at high doses. Permitted in pet food but premium brands use natural vitamin K alternatives.
  • sodium selenite
    Synthetic 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
10%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
53 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 oatmeal
  4. 4 barley
  5. 5 sorghum
  6. 6 millet
  7. 7 brown rice
  8. 8 white rice
  9. 9 peas
  10. 10 pork meal
  11. 11 dried yeast
  12. 12 suncured alfalfa meal
  13. 13 flaxseed
  14. 14 turkey meal
  15. 15 chicken fat
  16. 16 natural flavor
  17. 17 salmon oil
  18. 18 dicalcium phosphate
  19. 19 rice
  20. 20 threonine
  21. 21 salt
  22. 22 potassium chloride
  23. 23 choline chloride
  24. 24 taurine
  25. 25 vitamin e supplement

Showing first 25 of 53. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.

AAFCO statement

Canidae All Life Stages Salmon & Ancient Grains Recipe dog food is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for All Life Stages including growth of large size dogs (70 lb. or more as an adult).