Instinct
RawBoost Whole Grain Real Beef & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food, 3.5-lb bag
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C Evidence Fair
dry $5.65/lb
Instinct RawBoost Whole Grain Real Beef & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food, 3.5-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 beef as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
PQI
+21
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+16
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
ACF
−8
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
25%
min
Fat
15.5%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
54 total - 1 beef protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 barley grain
- 4 oatmeal grain
- 5 brown rice grain
- 6 chicken fat fat
- 7 turkey meal protein animal
- 8 ground flaxseeds
- 9 sorghum grain
- 10 fish meal protein animal
- 11 freeze-dried beef
- 12 natural flavor other
- 13 freeze-dried beef liver
- 14 freeze-dried beef spleen
- 15 pumpkin seeds
- 16 carrots vegetable
- 17 freeze-dried beef kidney
- 18 salt mineral
- 19 potassium chloride mineral
- 20 apples fruit
- 21 blueberries fruit
- 22 cranberries fruit
- 23 montmorillonite clay
- 24 miscanthus grass fiber
- 25 vitamin e supplement vitamin
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