Instinct
BeNatural Adult Real Beef & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.92/lb
Instinct BeNatural Adult Real Beef & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 74/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with beef as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Strong protein profile with beef as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
PQI
+21
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
25%
min
Fat
15%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
47 total - 1 beef protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 barley grain
- 4 oatmeal grain
- 5 brown rice grain
- 6 chicken fat fat
- 7 turkey meal protein animal
- 8 ground flaxseed fat
- 9 sorghum grain
- 10 fish meal protein animal
- 11 natural flavor other
- 12 carrots vegetable
- 13 salt mineral
- 14 potassium chloride mineral
- 15 apples fruit
- 16 blueberries fruit
- 17 cranberries fruit
- 18 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 19 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 20 niacin supplement vitamin
- 21 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 22 d-calcium pantothenate vitamin
- 23 riboflavin supplement vitamin
- 24 pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin
- 25 vitamin b12 supplement vitamin
Showing first 25 of 47. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.