Instinct
Raw Boost Puppy Whole Grain Real Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 3.5-lb bag
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A Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $6.28/lb
Instinct Raw Boost Puppy Whole Grain Real Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 3.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 80/100 (A) 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
+22
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+16
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
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
15%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
49 total - 1 chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 barley grain
- 4 turkey meal protein animal
- 5 oatmeal grain
- 6 brown rice grain
- 7 sorghum grain
- 8 dried yeast
- 9 chicken fat fat
- 10 ground flaxseed fat
- 11 freeze-dried chicken
- 12 salmon oil fat
- 13 natural flavor other
- 14 freeze-dried chicken liver
- 15 salt mineral
- 16 pumpkin seeds
- 17 freeze-dried chicken heart
- 18 apples fruit
- 19 blueberries fruit
- 20 cranberries fruit
- 21 carrots vegetable
- 22 potassium chloride mineral
- 23 montmorillonite clay
- 24 miscanthus grass fiber
- 25 zinc proteinate mineral
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