Original Adult Grain-Free Real Salmon Recipe Dry Dog Food, 20-lb bag
Instinct Original Adult Grain-Free Real Salmon Recipe Dry Dog Food, 20-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 30/100 (D) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.
Graded by The Sniff System
Reasonable protein quality. salmon delivers solid amino acid coverage.
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.
Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..
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 →
- 1 salmon protein animal
- 2 white fish meal
- 3 peas legume
- 4 fish meal protein animal
- 5 canola oil fat
- 6 herring meal protein animal
- 7 chickpeas legume
- 8 pea protein protein plant
- 9 natural flavor other
- 10 tapioca
- 11 dried tomato pomace
- 12 carrots vegetable
- 13 apples fruit
- 14 cranberries fruit
- 15 montmorillonite clay
- 16 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
- 17 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 18 niacin supplement vitamin
- 19 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 20 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 21 d-calcium pantothenate vitamin
- 22 riboflavin supplement vitamin
- 23 pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin
- 24 vitamin b12 supplement vitamin
- 25 folic acid vitamin
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