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Greenies Smart Essentials Small Breed Adult High Protein Real Chicken & Rice Dry Dog Food, 5.5-lb bag
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Smart Essentials Small Breed Adult High Protein Real Chicken & Rice Dry Dog Food, 5.5-lb bag

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AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
treat $3.63/lb

Greenies Smart Essentials Small Breed Adult High Protein Real Chicken & Rice Dry Dog Food, 5.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 71/100 (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

Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.

STACK

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
18%
min
Fiber
3%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
36 total
  1. 1 chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 brewers rice
  4. 4 sorghum
  5. 5 chicken fat
  6. 6 brown rice
  7. 7 dried plain beet pulp
  8. 8 natural flavors
  9. 9 potato protein
  10. 10 flaxseed
  11. 11 potassium chloride
  12. 12 choline chloride
  13. 13 dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product
  14. 14 citric acid
  15. 15 mixed tocopherols
  16. 16 dl-methionine
  17. 17 vitamin e supplement
  18. 18 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
  19. 19 ferrous sulfate
  20. 20 zinc oxide
  21. 21 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.
  22. 22 d-calcium pantothenate
  23. 23 manganese sulfate
  24. 24 copper sulfate
  25. 25 biotin

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