Instinct
Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Real Salmon Recipe Dry Dog Food, 20-lb bag
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C Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $4.25/lb
Instinct Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Real Salmon Recipe Dry Dog Food, 20-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 58/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged.
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. salmon meal delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+19
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
STACK
+5
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
28%
min
Fat
18%
min
Fiber
3%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
31 total - 1 salmon meal protein animal
- 2 salmon protein animal
- 3 peas legume
- 4 tapioca
- 5 canola oil fat
- 6 montmorillonite clay
- 7 natural flavor other
- 8 potassium chloride mineral
- 9 salt mineral
- 10 choline chloride supplement
- 11 coconut oil fat
- 12 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
- 13 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 14 niacin supplement vitamin
- 15 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 16 d-calcium pantothenate vitamin
- 17 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 18 riboflavin supplement vitamin
- 19 pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin
- 20 vitamin b12 supplement vitamin
- 21 folic acid vitamin
- 22 vitamin d3 supplement vitamin
- 23 biotin vitamin
- 24 zinc proteinate mineral
- 25 iron proteinate mineral
Showing first 25 of 31. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.