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Horizon Pulsar Grain-Free Pork Recipe Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag
Horizon

Pulsar Grain-Free Pork Recipe Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $2.88/lb

Horizon Pulsar Grain-Free Pork Recipe Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 30/100 (D) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Premium micronutrient forms such as chelated minerals or natural vitamin E.

MNI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

CAP why?

Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..

CIP

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
27%
min
Fat
15.5%
min
Fiber
4.2%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
52 total
  1. 1 pork meal
  2. 2 red lentils
  3. 3 peas
  4. 4 pea starch
  5. 5 pork
  6. 6 canola oil
  7. 7 flaxseed
  8. 8 carrots
  9. 9 apples
  10. 10 broccoli
  11. 11 bok choy
  12. 12 cabbage
  13. 13 blueberries
  14. 14 salt
  15. 15 dl-methionine
  16. 16 dicalcium phosphate
  17. 17 fructooligosaccharides
  18. 18 hydrolyzed yeast
  19. 19 yucca schidigera extract
  20. 20 taurine
  21. 21 dried aspergillus niger fermentation extract
  22. 22 pineapple
  23. 23 dried trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract
  24. 24 dried rhizopus oryzae fermentation extract
  25. 25 dried enterococcus faecium fermentation product

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