Instinct
RawBoost Whole Grain Real Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Dog Food, 20-lb bag
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C Evidence Fair
dry $4.25/lb
Instinct RawBoost Whole Grain Real Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Dog Food, 20-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
Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+19
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
26.5%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
56 total - 1 lamb protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 oatmeal grain
- 4 barley grain
- 5 sorghum grain
- 6 brown rice grain
- 7 turkey meal protein animal
- 8 chicken fat fat
- 9 millet grain
- 10 fish meal protein animal
- 11 ground flaxseed fat
- 12 freeze-dried beef
- 13 natural flavor other
- 14 salt mineral
- 15 freeze-dried beef liver
- 16 freeze-dried beef spleen
- 17 montmorillonite clay
- 18 pumpkin seeds
- 19 carrots vegetable
- 20 freeze-dried beef kidneys
- 21 potassium chloride mineral
- 22 apples fruit
- 23 blueberies
- 24 cranberries fruit
- 25 miscanthus grass fiber
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