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

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

Evidence Fair
dry $3.16/lb

Horizon Pulsar Grain-Free Salmon Recipe Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 41/100 (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

Reasonable protein quality. salmon meal delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

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

FQI

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

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
28%
min
Fat
15%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
9%
max
Ingredients
50 total
  1. 1 salmon meal
  2. 2 red lentils
  3. 3 peas
  4. 4 pea starch
  5. 5 salmon
  6. 6 salmon oil
  7. 7 flaxseed
  8. 8 liquid egg product
  9. 9 carrots
  10. 10 apples
  11. 11 broccoli
  12. 12 bok choy
  13. 13 cabbage
  14. 14 blueberries
  15. 15 fructooligosaccharides
  16. 16 yucca schidigera extract
  17. 17 dried aspergillus niger fermentation extract
  18. 18 dried aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract
  19. 19 pineapple
  20. 20 dried trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract
  21. 21 dried rhizopus oryzae fermentation extract
  22. 22 dried enterococcus faecium fermentation product
  23. 23 dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product
  24. 24 driedlactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product
  25. 25 driedbifidobacterium bifidum fermentation product

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