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I and Love and You Naked Essentials Grain-Free Chicken and Duck Recipe Dry Dog Food, 11-lb bag
I and Love and You

Naked Essentials Grain-Free Chicken and Duck Recipe Dry Dog Food, 11-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $4.28/lb

I and Love and You Naked Essentials Grain-Free Chicken and Duck Recipe Dry Dog Food, 11-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 49/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

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

FQI

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

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
30%
min
Fat
15%
min
Fiber
4.5%
max
Moisture
12%
max
Ingredients
48 total
  1. 1 chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 turkey meal
  4. 4 dried chickpeas
  5. 5 dried lentils
  6. 6 dried peas
  7. 7 pea starch
  8. 8 chicken fat
  9. 9 duck
  10. 10 dried tomato pomace
  11. 11 flaxseeds
  12. 12 natural flavor
  13. 13 sweet potato
  14. 14 salt
  15. 15 fish oil
  16. 16 sunflower oil
  17. 17 monosodium phosphate
  18. 18 potassium chloride
  19. 19 ferrous sulfate
  20. 20 iron amino acid chelate
  21. 21 zinc amino acid chelate
  22. 22 zinc oxide
  23. 23 copper sulfate
  24. 24 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.
  25. 25 copper amino acid chelate

Showing first 25 of 48. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.