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Dog Chow Complete Adult Beef Flavor Dry Dog Food, 32-lb bag
Dog Chow

Complete Adult Beef Flavor Dry Dog Food, 32-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $0.84/lb

Dog Chow Complete Adult Beef Flavor Dry Dog Food, 32-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 2/100 (F) with Fair evidence. 4 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 39 due to 4 FLAG ingredients.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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 39 due to 4 FLAG ingredients.

CAP why?

Plant-protein-dominated formula. whole grain corn as the #1 ingredient.

PQI

Contains red 40. EU mandatory warning label since 2010. California AB 2316 banned 6 dyes from school foods (2024). HHS phase-out announced April 2025..

CIP

Controversial ingredients · 4

  • 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.
  • yellow 6
    Artificial color with no nutritional value.
  • yellow 5
    Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.
  • red 40
    Artificial color with no nutritional value. Linked to behavioral effects in children; relevance to dogs is unclear but the ingredient serves only marketing purposes.

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

Guaranteed analysis
Protein
21%
min
Fat
10%
min
Fiber
4.5%
max
Moisture
12%
max
Ingredients
27 total
  1. 1 whole grain corn
  2. 2 chicken by-product meal
  3. 3 corn protein meal
  4. 4 animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
  5. 5 meat and bone meal
  6. 6 soybean meal
  7. 7 ground rice
  8. 8 egg and chicken flavor
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 calcium carbonate
  11. 11 mono and dicalcium phosphate
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 salt
  14. 14 choline chloride
  15. 15 l-lysine monohydrochloride
  16. 16 zinc sulfate
  17. 17 ferrous sulfate
  18. 18 manganese sulfate
  19. 19 copper sulfate
  20. 20 calcium iodate
  21. 21 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.
  22. 22 yellow 6 ⚠ Artificial color with no nutritional value.
  23. 23 l-tryptophan
  24. 24 vitamin e supplement
  25. 25 yellow 5 ⚠ Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.

Showing first 25 of 27. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.