Instinct
Original Adult Grain-Free Real Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22.5-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.47/lb
Instinct Original Adult Grain-Free Real Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 63/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Strong protein profile with chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
PQI
+24
Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.
STACK
+5
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
STACK
+5
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
37%
min
Fat
20%
min
Fiber
3%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
41 total - 1 chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 peas legume
- 4 chicken fat fat
- 5 tapioca
- 6 herring meal protein animal
- 7 fish meal protein animal
- 8 natural flavor other
- 9 dried tomato pomace
- 10 salt mineral
- 11 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 12 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 13 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
- 14 niacin supplement vitamin
- 15 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 16 d-calcium pantothenate vitamin
- 17 riboflavin supplement vitamin
- 18 pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin
- 19 vitamin b12 supplement vitamin
- 20 folic acid vitamin
- 21 vitamin d3 supplement vitamin
- 22 biotin vitamin
- 23 carrots vegetable
- 24 apples fruit
- 25 cranberries fruit
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