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Maintain Chunks Meaty Flavor Dry Dog Food, 34-lb bag
Maintain Chunks

Meaty Flavor Dry Dog Food, 34-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $0.94/lb

Maintain Chunks Meaty Flavor Dry Dog Food, 34-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 5/100 (F) with Fair evidence. 2 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

Score capped at 49 due to CP_DM=17.8%, CF_DM=7.2%.

CAP why?

Plant-protein-dominated formula. yellow corn as the #1 ingredient.

PQI

Controversial ingredients · 3

  • animal digest
    Chemically or enzymatically hydrolyzed animal tissue from unspecified species. Used as a flavor coating. Source quality cannot be verified.
  • menadione
    Synthetic vitamin K3. Banned in human supplements due to toxicity concerns at high doses. Permitted in pet food but premium brands use natural vitamin K alternatives.
  • 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
16%
min
Fat
6.5%
min
Fiber
8%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
34 total
  1. 1 yellow corn
  2. 2 wheat mill run
  3. 3 meat and bone meal
  4. 4 cooked wheat
  5. 5 soybean meal
  6. 6 animal fat
  7. 7 salt
  8. 8 animal digest ⚠ Chemically or enzymatically hydrolyzed animal tissue from unspecified species. Used as a flavor coating. Source quality cannot be verified.
  9. 9 tomato pomace
  10. 10 potassium chloride
  11. 11 choline chloride
  12. 12 vitamin e supplement
  13. 13 vitamin a supplement
  14. 14 pantothenic acid
  15. 15 niacin supplement
  16. 16 riboflavin supplement
  17. 17 menadione ⚠ Synthetic vitamin K3. Banned in human supplements due to toxicity concerns at high doses. Permitted in pet food but premium brands use natural vitamin K alternatives.
  18. 18 vitamin b12 supplement
  19. 19 thiamine mononitrate
  20. 20 pyridoxine hydrochloride
  21. 21 biotin
  22. 22 folic acid
  23. 23 vitamin d3 supplement
  24. 24 zinc sulfate
  25. 25 ferrous sulfate

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