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CANIDAE Pure Farm to Bowl Grain-Free Puppy Real Salmon & Sweet Potato Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
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Pure Farm to Bowl Grain-Free Puppy Real Salmon & Sweet Potato Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.41/lb

CANIDAE Pure Farm to Bowl Grain-Free Puppy Real Salmon & Sweet Potato Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 45/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 2 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

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

Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.

STACK

Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

CAP why?

Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..

CIP

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
30%
min
Fat
15%
min
Fiber
4.5%
max
Moisture
8%
max
Ingredients
44 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 salmon meal
  3. 3 lentils
  4. 4 peas
  5. 5 chickpeas
  6. 6 canola oil
  7. 7 sweet potato
  8. 8 sardine meal
  9. 9 flaxseed
  10. 10 dried yeast
  11. 11 natural flavor
  12. 12 threonine
  13. 13 salt
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 choline chloride
  16. 16 taurine
  17. 17 vitamin e supplement
  18. 18 menhaden fish oil
  19. 19 mixed tocopherols
  20. 20 tryptophan
  21. 21 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
  22. 22 zinc proteinate
  23. 23 zinc sulfate
  24. 24 ferrous sulfate
  25. 25 iron proteinate

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