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Merrick Backcountry Chicken-Free Raw Infused Pacific Catch Recipe with Healthy Grains Dry Dog Food, 20-lb bag
Merrick

Backcountry Chicken-Free Raw Infused Pacific Catch Recipe with Healthy Grains Dry Dog Food, 20-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $4.25/lb

Merrick Backcountry Chicken-Free Raw Infused Pacific Catch Recipe with Healthy Grains 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

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

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.

CQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with declared fat sources.

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
32%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
11%
max
Ingredients
28 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 salmon meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 barley
  5. 5 oat meal
  6. 6 whitefish meal
  7. 7 potato protein
  8. 8 pork fat preserved with mixed tocopherols
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 potato
  11. 11 whitefish
  12. 12 flaxseed
  13. 13 sunflower oil
  14. 14 miscanthus grass
  15. 15 dried yeast
  16. 16 potassium chloride
  17. 17 salt
  18. 18 tapioca
  19. 19 choline chloride
  20. 20 zinc amino acid complex
  21. 21 iron amino acid complex
  22. 22 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.
  23. 23 manganese amino acid complex
  24. 24 copper amino acid complex
  25. 25 calcium iodate

Showing first 25 of 28. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.