Dr. Gary's Best Breed
Retriever Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $2.52/lb
Dr. Gary's Best Breed Retriever 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
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+16
Reasonable protein quality. chicken meal delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+16
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
ACF
−8
Controversial ingredients · 1
- sodium seleniteSynthetic 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
28%
min
Fat
13%
min
Fiber
3%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
47 total - 1 chicken meal protein animal
- 2 brown rice grain
- 3 oatmeal grain
- 4 dried beet pulp fiber
- 5 chicken fat [preserved with natural mixed tocopherols ]
- 6 egg product protein animal
- 7 brewers dried yeast
- 8 natural flavor other
- 9 fish meal protein animal
- 10 lecithin
- 11 menhaden fish oil fat
- 12 kelp meal
- 13 sea salt mineral
- 14 taurine supplement
- 15 flax seed
- 16 canola oil fat
- 17 calcium carbonate mineral
- 18 l-lysine supplement
- 19 sea mussel
- 20 dl methionine
- 21 ascorbic acid vitamin
- 22 glucosamine
- 23 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 24 biotin vitamin
- 25 niacin supplement vitamin
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