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Dog Chow Complete Adult with Beef Flavor Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag
Dog Chow

Complete Adult with Beef Flavor Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $0.70/lb

Dog Chow Complete Adult with Beef Flavor Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 5/100 (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?

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

Contains yellow 5. EU mandatory warning label since 2010. No nutritional value; dogs can't perceive the color benefit..

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 poultry by-product meal
  3. 3 corn gluten meal
  4. 4 beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
  5. 5 soybean meal
  6. 6 meat and bone meal
  7. 7 ground rice
  8. 8 beef
  9. 9 egg and chicken flavor
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 calcium carbonate
  12. 12 mono and dicalcium phosphate
  13. 13 salt
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 choline chloride
  16. 16 l-lysine monohydrochloride
  17. 17 zinc sulfate
  18. 18 ferrous sulfate
  19. 19 manganese sulfate
  20. 20 copper sulfate
  21. 21 calcium iodate
  22. 22 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.
  23. 23 yellow 6 ⚠ Artificial color with no nutritional value.
  24. 24 yellow 5 ⚠ Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.
  25. 25 l-tryptophan

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