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

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

Evidence Fair
dry $4.25/lb

Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Grain-Free Chicken-Free Pacific Catch 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

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

PQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with declared fat sources.

FQI

Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.

STACK

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
3.5%
max
Moisture
11%
max
Ingredients
26 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 salmon meal
  3. 3 whitefish meal
  4. 4 sweet potato
  5. 5 potato
  6. 6 peas
  7. 7 pea protein
  8. 8 natural flavor
  9. 9 pork fat
  10. 10 whitefish
  11. 11 sunflower oil
  12. 12 flaxseed
  13. 13 dried yeast
  14. 14 tapioca
  15. 15 potassium chloride
  16. 16 salt
  17. 17 choline chloride
  18. 18 zinc amino acid complex
  19. 19 iron amino acid complex
  20. 20 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.
  21. 21 manganese amino acid complex
  22. 22 copper amino acid complex
  23. 23 calcium iodate
  24. 24 dl-methionine
  25. 25 taurine

Showing first 25 of 26. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.