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Chewy Made Limited Ingredient Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Grain-Free Dry Dog Food (FORMERLY AMERICAN JOURNEY), 24-lb bag
Chewy Made

Limited Ingredient Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Grain-Free Dry Dog Food (FORMERLY AMERICAN JOURNEY), 24-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $2.62/lb

Chewy Made Limited Ingredient Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Grain-Free Dry Dog Food (FORMERLY AMERICAN JOURNEY), 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 46/100 (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 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 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

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

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
25%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
6%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
41 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 salmon meal
  3. 3 peas
  4. 4 chickpeas
  5. 5 sweet potato
  6. 6 natural flavor
  7. 7 canola oil
  8. 8 dried plain beet pulp
  9. 9 canola meal
  10. 10 flaxseed
  11. 11 pea starch
  12. 12 dicalcium phosphate
  13. 13 fish oil
  14. 14 salt
  15. 15 calcium carbonate
  16. 16 vegetable oil
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 choline chloride
  19. 19 vitamin e supplement
  20. 20 niacin supplement
  21. 21 d-calcium pantothenate
  22. 22 vitamin a supplement
  23. 23 riboflavin supplement
  24. 24 thiamine mononitrate
  25. 25 pyridoxine hydrochloride

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