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Dr. Gary's Best Breed Grain-Free Red Meat Recipe Dry Dog Food, 26-lb bag
Dr. Gary's Best Breed

Grain-Free Red Meat Recipe Dry Dog Food, 26-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $3.23/lb

Dr. Gary's Best Breed Grain-Free Red Meat Recipe Dry Dog Food, 26-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 25/100 (D) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

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

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

CAP why?

Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..

CIP

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
32%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
4.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
52 total
  1. 1 water buffalo meal
  2. 2 red lentils
  3. 3 green peas
  4. 4 chickpeas
  5. 5 lamb meal
  6. 6 canola oil
  7. 7 tapioca
  8. 8 dried tomato pomace
  9. 9 menhaden fish oil
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 ground flaxseed
  12. 12 lecithin
  13. 13 carrots
  14. 14 dried spinach
  15. 15 blueberries
  16. 16 cranberries
  17. 17 dried kelp meal
  18. 18 green mussel
  19. 19 salt
  20. 20 dl-methionine
  21. 21 choline chloride
  22. 22 taurine
  23. 23 monosodium phosphate
  24. 24 l-lysine
  25. 25 l-carnitine

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