Instinct
Be Natural Adult Real Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.21/lb
Instinct Be Natural Adult Real Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 73/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+19
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+16
AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.
ACF
+4
Controversial ingredients · 1
- sodium seleniteSynthetic 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
26%
min
Fat
15.5%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
48 total - 1 lamb protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 oatmeal grain
- 4 barley grain
- 5 sorghum grain
- 6 brown rice grain
- 7 turkey meal protein animal
- 8 chicken fat fat
- 9 millet grain
- 10 fish meal protein animal
- 11 ground flaxseed fat
- 12 natural flavor other
- 13 salt mineral
- 14 carrots vegetable
- 15 montmorillonite clay
- 16 potassium chloride mineral
- 17 apples fruit
- 18 blueberries fruit
- 19 cranberries fruit
- 20 dried yeast
- 21 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 22 niacin supplement vitamin
- 23 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 24 d-calcium pantothenate vitamin
- 25 vitamin a supplement vitamin
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