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Instinct RawBoost Whole Grain Gut Health Recipe with Real Chicken Dry Dog Food, 18-lb bag
Instinct

RawBoost Whole Grain Gut Health Recipe with Real Chicken Dry Dog Food, 18-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $4.72/lb

Instinct RawBoost Whole Grain Gut Health Recipe with Real Chicken Dry Dog Food, 18-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

Controversial ingredients · 1

  • sodium selenite
    Synthetic 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
30%
min
Fat
15.5%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
60 total
  1. 1 chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 barley
  5. 5 fish meal
  6. 6 chicken fat
  7. 7 oatmeal
  8. 8 freeze-dried chicken
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 sweet potato
  11. 11 ground flaxseeds
  12. 12 freeze-dried chicken liver
  13. 13 dried yeast
  14. 14 carrots
  15. 15 pumpkin seeds
  16. 16 salt
  17. 17 freeze-dried chicken heart
  18. 18 dried egg
  19. 19 dried tomato pomace
  20. 20 potassium chloride
  21. 21 vitamin e supplement
  22. 22 vitamin a supplement
  23. 23 niacin supplement
  24. 24 thiamine mononitrate
  25. 25 d-calcium pantothenate

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