Instinct
RawBoost Whole Grain Real Salmon & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 19-lb bag
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C Evidence Fair
dry $4.74/lb
Instinct RawBoost Whole Grain Real Salmon & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 19-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. salmon 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
25.5%
min
Fat
15.5%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
51 total - 1 salmon protein animal
- 2 fish meal protein animal
- 3 oatmeal grain
- 4 barley grain
- 5 brown rice grain
- 6 canola oil fat
- 7 salmon meal protein animal
- 8 ground flaxseeds
- 9 freeze-dried beef
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 freeze-dried beef liver
- 12 freeze-dried beef spleen
- 13 carrots vegetable
- 14 montmorillonite clay
- 15 pumpkin seeds
- 16 freeze-dried beef kidney
- 17 salt mineral
- 18 apples fruit
- 19 blueberries fruit
- 20 cranberries fruit
- 21 miscanthus grass fiber
- 22 potassium chloride mineral
- 23 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 24 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 25 niacin supplement vitamin
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