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Gravy Train Beefy Classic Dry Dog Food, 35-lb bag
Gravy Train

Beefy Classic Dry Dog Food, 35-lb bag

Evidence Fair
wet $0.77/lb

Gravy Train Beefy Classic Dry Dog Food, 35-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 0/100 (F) with Fair evidence. 6 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 39 due to 5 FLAG ingredients.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Score capped at 39 due to 5 FLAG ingredients.

CAP why?

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

Plant-protein-dominated formula. corn as the #1 ingredient.

PQI

Controversial ingredients · 7

  • animal digest
    Chemically or enzymatically hydrolyzed animal tissue from unspecified species. Used as a flavor coating. Source quality cannot be verified.
  • 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.
  • red 40
    Artificial color with no nutritional value. Linked to behavioral effects in children; relevance to dogs is unclear but the ingredient serves only marketing purposes.
  • bha
    Synthetic preservative classified by the U.S. National Toxicology Program as 'reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.' Many premium brands have removed it.
  • yellow 5
    Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.
  • yellow 6
    Artificial color with no nutritional value.
  • blue 2
    Artificial color. A 1990s industry-funded study reported brain tumors in male rats; subsequent reviews disputed methodology, but the additive provides no nutritional benefit.

Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →

Guaranteed analysis
Protein
17%
min
Fat
8%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
36 total
  1. 1 corn
  2. 2 soybean meal
  3. 3 meat and bone meal
  4. 4 wheat middlings
  5. 5 animal fat
  6. 6 animal digest ⚠ Chemically or enzymatically hydrolyzed animal tissue from unspecified species. Used as a flavor coating. Source quality cannot be verified.
  7. 7 salt
  8. 8 calcium carbonate
  9. 9 cellulose gum
  10. 10 wheat flour
  11. 11 caramel color
  12. 12 ferrous sulfate
  13. 13 zinc oxide
  14. 14 manganous oxide
  15. 15 copper sulfate
  16. 16 calcium iodate
  17. 17 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.
  18. 18 choline chloride
  19. 19 vitamin e supplement
  20. 20 vitamin a supplement
  21. 21 niacin supplement
  22. 22 d-calcium pantothenate
  23. 23 riboflavin supplement
  24. 24 pyridoxine hydrochloride
  25. 25 thiamine mononitrate

Showing first 25 of 36. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.