Backcountry Raw Infused Puppy Recipe + Grains with Chicken & Salmon Freeze-Dried Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag
Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Puppy Recipe + Grains with Chicken & Salmon Freeze-Dried Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 78/100 (A) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..
Graded by The Sniff System
Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
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.
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- 1 deboned chicken protein animal
- 2 brown rice grain
- 3 chicken meal protein animal
- 4 barley grain
- 5 oat meal
- 6 turkey meal protein animal
- 7 chicken fat fat
- 8 potato protein protein plant
- 9 salmon protein animal
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 miscanthus grass fiber
- 12 dried yeast
- 13 chicken hearts and livers
- 14 salmon oil fat
- 15 tapioca starch
- 16 potassium chloride mineral
- 17 salt mineral
- 18 choline chloride supplement
- 19 zinc amino acid complex mineral
- 20 iron amino acid complex mineral
- 21 sodium selenite mineral ⚠ 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.
- 22 manganese amino acid complex mineral
- 23 copper amino acid complex mineral
- 24 calcium iodate mineral
- 25 dl-methionine supplement
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