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Dr. Gary's Best Breed Holistic Working Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag
Dr. Gary's Best Breed

Holistic Working Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $2.50/lb

Dr. Gary's Best Breed Holistic Working Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with chicken meal as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

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

FQI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

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
24%
min
Fat
22%
min
Fiber
3.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
47 total
  1. 1 chicken meal
  2. 2 chicken fat [preserved with natural mixed tocopherols ]
  3. 3 rice
  4. 4 oatmeal
  5. 5 brown rice
  6. 6 dried beet pulp
  7. 7 egg product
  8. 8 catfish meal
  9. 9 brewers dried yeast
  10. 10 flax seed
  11. 11 natural flavor
  12. 12 sea mussel
  13. 13 lecithin
  14. 14 kelp meal
  15. 15 sea salt
  16. 16 taurine
  17. 17 menhaden fish oil
  18. 18 calcium carbonate
  19. 19 dl methionine
  20. 20 l-lysine
  21. 21 glucosamine
  22. 22 ascorbic acid
  23. 23 vitamin e supplement
  24. 24 biotin
  25. 25 niacin supplement

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