Earthborn Holistic
Venture Limited Ingredient Alaska Pollock Meal & Pumpkin Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $3.45/lb
Earthborn Holistic Venture Limited Ingredient Alaska Pollock Meal & Pumpkin Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 54/100 (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
+12
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
STACK
+5
Low protein quality. alaska pollock meal delivers limited bioavailable amino acids.
PQI
−15
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
26%
min
Fat
13%
min
Fiber
9%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
23 total - 1 alaska pollock meal
- 2 pumpkin vegetable
- 3 tapioca
- 4 vegetable vegetable
- 5 sunflower oil fat
- 6 flaxseed fat
- 7 natural flavors other
- 8 l-threonine
- 9 choline
- 10 salt mineral
- 11 potassium chloride mineral
- 12 taurine supplement
- 13 l-carnitine supplement
- 14 zinc sulfate mineral
- 15 ferrous sulfate mineral
- 16 manganese sulfate mineral
- 17 copper sulfate mineral
- 18 zinc proteinate mineral
- 19 manganese proteinate mineral
- 20 copper proteinate mineral
- 21 calcium iodate mineral
- 22 sodium selenite mineral ⚠ 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.
- 23 yucca schidigera extract supplement