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Darford Zero/G Wild Caught Pacific Salmon Recipe Limited Ingredients Dry Dog Food, 4.4-lb bag
Darford

Zero/G Wild Caught Pacific Salmon Recipe Limited Ingredients Dry Dog Food, 4.4-lb bag

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dry $8.46/lb

Darford Zero/G Wild Caught Pacific Salmon Recipe Limited Ingredients Dry Dog Food, 4.4-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients 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?

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
21%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
6%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
40 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 salmon meal
  3. 3 lentils
  4. 4 sweet potato
  5. 5 potato
  6. 6 peas
  7. 7 sunflower oil
  8. 8 flaxseeds
  9. 9 salmon oil
  10. 10 natural fish flavor
  11. 11 blueberries
  12. 12 cranberries
  13. 13 ascorbic acid
  14. 14 choline chloride
  15. 15 vitamin e supplement
  16. 16 niacin supplement
  17. 17 thiamin mononitrate
  18. 18 d-calcium pantothenate
  19. 19 vitamin d3 supplement
  20. 20 vitamin b12 supplement
  21. 21 folic acid
  22. 22 biotin
  23. 23 calcium carbonate
  24. 24 zinc sulfate
  25. 25 ferrous sulfate

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