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Cesar Wholesome Meals Beef, Chicken, Carrots, Barley & Green Beans Recipe Wet Dog Food, 17.6-oz pouch
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Wholesome Meals Beef, Chicken, Carrots, Barley & Green Beans Recipe Wet Dog Food, 17.6-oz pouch

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wet $8.17/lb

Cesar Wholesome Meals Beef, Chicken, Carrots, Barley & Green Beans Recipe Wet Dog Food, 17.6-oz pouch earns a Sniff Score of 55/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.

CQI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

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

FQI

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

Controversial ingredients · 1

  • 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
11%
min
Fat
1%
min
Fiber
3.5%
max
Moisture
84%
max
Ingredients
28 total
  1. 1 beef
  2. 2 water
  3. 3 chicken
  4. 4 carrots
  5. 5 barley
  6. 6 green beans
  7. 7 tapioca starch
  8. 8 powdered cellulose
  9. 9 soy oil
  10. 10 dried plain beet fiber
  11. 11 potassium chloride
  12. 12 tricalcium phosphate
  13. 13 calcium carbonate
  14. 14 magnesium sulfate
  15. 15 zinc sulfate
  16. 16 manganese sulfate
  17. 17 choline chloride
  18. 18 soy lecithin
  19. 19 salt
  20. 20 ascorbic acid
  21. 21 xanthan gum
  22. 22 ferrous sulfate
  23. 23 vitamin a supplement
  24. 24 beta carotene
  25. 25 copper sulfate

Showing first 25 of 28. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.