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

Holistic Grain-Free Ocean Salmon with Fruits & Vegetables Dry Dog Food, 26-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $3.00/lb

Dr. Gary's Best Breed Holistic Grain-Free Ocean Salmon with Fruits & Vegetables Dry Dog Food, 26-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 33/100 (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. salmon meal delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

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
30%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
53 total
  1. 1 salmon meal
  2. 2 red lentils
  3. 3 chickpeas
  4. 4 green peas
  5. 5 whitefish meal
  6. 6 canola oil
  7. 7 tapioca
  8. 8 dried tomato pomace
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 ground flaxseed
  11. 11 lecithin
  12. 12 dried kelp meal
  13. 13 green mussel
  14. 14 cranberries
  15. 15 blueberries
  16. 16 carrots
  17. 17 dried spinach
  18. 18 monosodium phosphate
  19. 19 salt
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 dl-methionine
  22. 22 calcium carbon
  23. 23 taurine
  24. 24 l-carnitine
  25. 25 potassium chloride

Showing first 25 of 53. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.