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Dog Chow Kibble Beef Flavor Complete Dry Dog Food, 18.5-lb bag
Dog Chow

Kibble Beef Flavor Complete Dry Dog Food, 18.5-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $0.86/lb

Dog Chow Kibble Beef Flavor Complete Dry Dog Food, 18.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 0/100 (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

Score capped at 39 due to 4 FLAG ingredients.

CAP why?

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

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

PQI

Controversial ingredients · 5

  • 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.
  • blue 2
    Artificial color. A 1990s industry-funded study reported brain tumors in male rats; subsequent reviews disputed methodology, but the additive provides no nutritional benefit.

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 salt
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 mono and dicalcium phosphate
  14. 14 l-lysine monohydrochloride
  15. 15 choline chloride
  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 yellow 5 ⚠ Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.
  25. 25 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.

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