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Cesar Classic Loaf in Sauce Breakfast & Dinner Mealtime Variety Pack Grain-Free Small Breed Adult Wet Dog Food Trays, 3.5-oz, case of 12
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Classic Loaf in Sauce Breakfast & Dinner Mealtime Variety Pack Grain-Free Small Breed Adult Wet Dog Food Trays, 3.5-oz, case of 12

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
wet $13.94

Cesar Classic Loaf in Sauce Breakfast & Dinner Mealtime Variety Pack Grain-Free Small Breed Adult Wet Dog Food Trays, 3.5-oz, case of 12 earns a Sniff Score of 35/100 (D) with Fair evidence. 3 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 49 due to sodium nitrite.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with steak & eggs: beef as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.

ACF

Score capped at 49 due to sodium nitrite.

CAP why?

Contains sodium nitrite. Documented canine death (Worth 2005); IARC 2A nitrosamine pathway. Unnecessary in dog food (no botulism niche)..

CIP

No declared omega-3 source. Fish oil, salmon oil, and algae oil all absent.

FQI

Controversial ingredients · 1

  • carrageenan
    Seaweed-derived thickener; some studies link it to gastrointestinal inflammation. Most common in wet foods but appears in some kibble gravies.

Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →

Guaranteed analysis
Protein
9%
min
Fat
4%
min
Fiber
1%
max
Moisture
82%
max
Ingredients
59 total
  1. 1 steak & eggs: beef
  2. 2 pork by-products
  3. 3 chicken liver
  4. 4 chicken broth
  5. 5 water
  6. 6 beef lung
  7. 7 chicken heart
  8. 8 calcium carbonate
  9. 9 sodium tripolyphosphate
  10. 10 added color
  11. 11 carrageenan ⚠ Seaweed-derived thickener; some studies link it to gastrointestinal inflammation. Most common in wet foods but appears in some kibble gravies.
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 xanthan gum
  14. 14 magnesium proteinate
  15. 15 grilled steak flavor
  16. 16 dried yam
  17. 17 dl-methionine
  18. 18 salt
  19. 19 erythorbic acid
  20. 20 dried egg product
  21. 21 guar gum
  22. 22 natural flavor
  23. 23 zinc sulfate
  24. 24 vitamin e supplement
  25. 25 monocalcium phosphate

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