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Greenies Smart Essentials Puppy High Protein Real Chicken & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food, 27-lb bag
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Smart Essentials Puppy High Protein Real Chicken & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food, 27-lb bag

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AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
treat $2.22/lb

Greenies Smart Essentials Puppy High Protein Real Chicken & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food, 27-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 70/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Reasonable protein quality. chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

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

FQI

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
28%
min
Fat
17.7%
min
Fiber
3%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
38 total
  1. 1 chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 sorghum
  5. 5 barley
  6. 6 pea protein
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 dried plain beet pulp
  9. 9 natural flavors
  10. 10 fish oil
  11. 11 salt
  12. 12 dicalcium phosphate
  13. 13 potassium chloride
  14. 14 choline chloride
  15. 15 dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product
  16. 16 dl-methionine
  17. 17 citric acid
  18. 18 mixed tocopherols
  19. 19 vitamin e supplement
  20. 20 ferrous sulfate
  21. 21 zinc oxide
  22. 22 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.
  23. 23 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
  24. 24 manganese sulfate
  25. 25 copper sulfate

Showing first 25 of 38. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.