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Dog Chow High Protein with Real Chicken Adult Dry Dog Food, 44-lb bag
Dog Chow

High Protein with Real Chicken Adult Dry Dog Food, 44-lb bag

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

Dog Chow High Protein with Real Chicken Adult Dry Dog Food, 44-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 7/100 (F) with Fair evidence. 3 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 39 due to 3 FLAG ingredients.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

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 3 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 · 3

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • yellow 5
    Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.

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

Guaranteed analysis
Protein
27%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
26 total
  1. 1 whole grain corn
  2. 2 poultry 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 egg and chicken flavor
  8. 8 chicken
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 fish oil
  11. 11 salt
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 dried peas
  14. 14 choline chloride
  15. 15 calcium carbonate
  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 carrots
  23. 23 l-lysine monohydrochloride
  24. 24 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.
  25. 25 yellow 5 ⚠ Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.

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