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Chicken Soup for the Soul Grain-Free Lamb & Pea Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
Chicken Soup for the Soul

Grain-Free Lamb & Pea Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $2.64/lb

Chicken Soup for the Soul Grain-Free Lamb & Pea Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 45/100 (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

Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage.

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
27%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
6%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
51 total
  1. 1 lamb
  2. 2 lamb meal
  3. 3 peas
  4. 4 lentils
  5. 5 faba beans
  6. 6 pea flour
  7. 7 canola oil
  8. 8 tapioca starch
  9. 9 ground flaxseed
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 salmon oil
  12. 12 pea protein
  13. 13 salt
  14. 14 calcium carbonate
  15. 15 choline chloride
  16. 16 dl-methionine
  17. 17 sodium tripolyphosphate
  18. 18 taurine
  19. 19 dried chicory root
  20. 20 raspberries
  21. 21 tomatoes
  22. 22 blueberries
  23. 23 mixed tocopherols
  24. 24 citric acid
  25. 25 zinc proteinate

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