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Dr. Gary's Best Breed Holistic Grain-Free Farmer's Chicken with Fruits & Vegetables Dry Dog Food, 26-lb bag
Dr. Gary's Best Breed

Holistic Grain-Free Farmer's Chicken with Fruits & Vegetables Dry Dog Food, 26-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $2.69/lb

Dr. Gary's Best Breed Holistic Grain-Free Farmer's Chicken with Fruits & Vegetables Dry Dog Food, 26-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 36/100 (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

Reasonable protein quality. chicken meal delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

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

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